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Here is a table I made for all line lengths and station totals. This includes data that was previously given earlier in the post. I also added a column that multiplies the line length and station totals to combine the two variables and see how the lines compare. I also added a rank column that ranks all lines by this measure. Disclaimer: the line length and station count is based on the longest possible size which includes weekend and night service.

Here we go again...

Canal St on the is active.

When are they doing Broadway? I hope they add OMNY at 23rd St where my college is.

They are working. I do think it is still WIP for this station though because the OMNY readers exiting the say Coming Soon while the readers entering the station are fully active. I think within the next few days both sides will be fully active.

St. George has active readers now.

I'm not walking 9 blocks just to pay for the train with my phone.

Yes! I can finally commute from Staten Island to class. But still no readers at 23rd St so I guess this will only be useful one way.

I want my R44s dumped in the bottom of the Atlantic ocean and replaced with R211s already.

Oh yeah I remember they were talking about that as one of the alternatives. I still don’t get why they couldn’t use heavy rail though when the tracks are already there.

TSM?

How much you want to bet they chose the least expensive option even if it’s the least effective just so they don’t have to spend more money to place any new rail?

No because they have like 6 different routes along with four different modes of transit for each. They need time to choose the best one. We’re all getting our hopes up though. Staten Island never gets and never will get funding for any new transit infrastructure projects. They will do endless studies just to give people hope.

On the timeline they said they will finalize their decision in February.

How about the entire line segment from 63rd St to 125th St.

You're underestimating the MTA's neglect towards the SIR and Staten Island in general.

St George Ferry Terminal SIR has the bases installer. Just checked while in my commute to college.

Or just use the rails below the parking garage and turn it into an HRT.

They lack the funding yet again to support this project. And they still want to ruin the St. George car flow by removing parking lanes.

R train to Staten Island Railway.

They would have to reactivate the north shore right of way for a heavy rail line again in order to let NJ Transit run on it. Too bad they are going for a BRT which is probably the least efficient option they could’ve taken.

Is that better than having a SIR heavy rail going along the west shore, connecting to the North Shore BRT along the way, and finally going to Elizabeth with a terminus by the Elizabeth station?

They can't just reserve a rail for it to run on separately from the SIR? I know passenger and freight rail can run together so I don't see why light and heavy rail can't do the same.

Ridiculous! Why is there no bus to Elizabeth? Newark? Perth Amboy? These neighborhoods are right across the Arthur Kill and we have NO ACCESS TO THEM! And the closest airport to Staten Island is EWR and we can't even get there without a 2 and a half hour commute. It might actually take less time to get to JFK with the current subway than to the airport that's a couple miles away from Staten Island. Anyway, I want to share an updated map for my idea for new transit connections for the west shore. The red line is the existing Staten Island Railway, a heavy rail line. The blue line is a light rail line called the West Shore Light Rail which runs primarily along the West Shore Expressway and Richmond Ave and terminates at 8th right by the HBLR station. The green line is a new heavy rail line called the Arthur Kill Railway and covers the remaining parts of the west shore not covered by WSLR and runs along the west shore expressway before crossing the Goethals Bridge and terminating by Elizabeth NJ Transit commuter rail station. With this new expanded Staten Island rail system, most of the popular destinations on Staten Island are covered along with access to New Jersey to allow easier commutes to Manhattan for Staten Island and New Jersey residents. Thoughts?

Or have the North Jersey Coast Line have it’s own bridge that passes through Perth Amboy into Staten Island. It could run along the west shore expressway before ending at the West Shore Plaza.