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Kamen Rider

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  1. you mean the republicans who created Amtrak in the first place?

    The republicans who have given NASA everything they’ve asked for these last few years?

    If Obama has his way when he was first elected, the ISS would be in a million pieces at the bottom of the ocean already. 
     

    Take it from someone who is in the unenviable position of having the fringe elements of BOTH sides hate me;

     

    nether side is made up of saints. Nether side is somehow better than the other. When push comes to shove, they all suck.

  2. The simple fact of the matter is we don’t trust the government to do a project in a timely and cost effective manner.

     

    NASA is getting shown up by SpaceX.

     

    the “Space Launch System” booster is several years behind schedule and was forced by several members of Congress to be a “Shuttle-Derived Launch vehicle” so their constituents automatically keep that NASA money rolling in, because they made the parts for the shuttle.

     

    CHSR is getting shown up by Virgin Trains.

    The entire 240 mile line from Miami to Orlando looks to open LONG before the 175 mile iso in California, aside from the fact the line in Florida actually goes places people want to go.

     

  3. Saying “In December” comes across to me as a bit vague, since 11:59 on New Years Eve is as much December as 12:01 AM on the first.

     

    that’s also assuming they are rolling all those stops out at once. 
     

    And if they stick to thier usual method of (and correct me if I’m wrong about this) bringing an entire complex online at once, Times Square-PABT is going to be a LOT of work.

  4. And while I’m on the subject, even though the idea is to get the system installed within a year, I would think it would be a good idea if they had some sort of mark for every station once it was brought online or a way of letting people know they can use it at that stop.

    i remember when Metrocard was created. Stations that accepted it were shown on the subway map highlighted, until install was completed.

  5. My only question about having 86th for the SI buses is where are those riders heading to/coming from. Is it people who don’t want to take the ferry and can’t afford the Sims? (There is a terrible video game joke in there somewhere...) 

    is it people being dispersed through southern Brooklyn?

    quite honestly, they would probably have seen a higher number of users from launch if St. George was included in the pilot program.

  6. 5 hours ago, RestrictOnTheHanger said:

     

    If accomodating visitors is a short term goal, then the following stops should also get the readers earlier IMO:

    Sutphin (E) (for connection from JFK airtrain)

    Howard Beach (A) (for connection from JFK airtrain)

    Jackson Heights Roosevelt Ave / 74th St (E)(F)(M)(R)(7) and Q70 buses (for connection to and from Q70)

     

    Given the uniqueness of the Howard Beach’s fare control set up, I would actually expect that station to be one of the last ones, since you have three different gate lines to worry about and three different fares, not to mention the PA and Bombardier standing over your shoulders.
     

    Has there been much discussion on OMNY and AirTrain? I haven’t seen anything. Obviously they are going to do it, but I haven’t any mention of a timeline or anything.

  7. 3 hours ago, Lawrence St said:

    I disagree with this. When they created the (M) to 145th St program, did they not check their work or test it out before implementing it to the rest of the ENY units?

    You’re assuming they actually created a program.

    Unless they have finally gotten around to updating the process (you never know with the MTA) the trains have to be brought into the shop and be hooked up to a special computer (I’ve seen the one that was at East 180th), something that takes time to cycle through.

     

    you are assuming they had time to do all that.  

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