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Among other things, the will (once the current west side extension is finished) have a terminal very close to the Hudson, making it easy to extend under the river. The terminates far from the Hudson and would require massive construction in a very densely built area just to reach the Hudson. Extending the would easily cost five times as much as extending the .

Do you have a blank version of the base map in an Illustrator format (or a version with just the current system, actually preferable)? I may be getting access to Illustrator soon for unrelated reasons and would like to try my hand.

The thing is, there's nowhere along the 6th Ave Line in Manhattan (between Central Park and Houston St) that is not also within walking distance of the Broadway Line. I don't see it as a problem. I agree that the is poorly used on this map, though. I prefer extending it to Harlem via Randall's/Ward's Island.