Tokkemon

Great maps, terrible ideas.

Why were the windows covered anyway?

You guys seriously need to study Subways that are not in New York. Almost every single one of them uses standard two-track lines and they get along just fine and their capacity is very plentiful because the trains run close together. Also: 2nd Ave is not a trunk line (at least not north of 59th St) so making it multi tracked is useless unless a grander scheme (IND CPW-style) was envisioned where trains would be going in and out of the outer boroughs without hindrence where express service would be useful. Most cities don't need that, and as the line is built now, it doesn't need it either. In 15 years, if capacity is full up then maybe they can build a second tunnel underneed the current one, but for now this is what we got. Deal with it.

Someone should seriously look into making these tunnels cost less, though. I read somewhere that the SAS is the most expensive railway per mile in history, above ground or below. It's ridiculous.

I cannot afford one so it's not an option.

I do think Apple has hit the end of the road as a "leader" in the tech industry. The natural progression from iPod to iPhone to iPad has run it's course and I doubt there is much else they can innovate in that line without coming up with something that we (literally) have not seen before. Maybe Apple has an ace up it's sleeve, but with Jobs gone I highly doubt it.

Okay here's one:

All of Manhattan Exploded. Reroute every train via the line to keep service intact.

Due to bomb threat at Empire State Building, any subways or trains including LIRR, Amtrak and NJ Transit cannot access 34th St, Penn Station or PATH 33rd St Station.

Also in addition, another bomb threat bring closure on 59th St between Columbus Circle and 5th Av/59th St, which bring closure of subway stations at 59th St-Columbus Circle, 5th Av-59th St.

Trains are not allowed to stop on 59th St-Columbus Circle.

Trains affected: 1, 2, 3, A, B, C, D, E, F, M, N, Q, R.

 

Central Park West between 66th St & Columbus Circle

Broadway between Columbus Av-65th St & 57th St.

59th St betweeen Columbus Av & Madison Av.

5th Av from 65th to 57th Sts.

6th-7th Avs between 59th St & 57th Sts.

7th,-5th Avs between 39th & 27th Sts.

 

6th-8th Avs between 28th & 40th Sts.

All cross streets between Madison Av & 9th Av are closed.

Bonus #1: Reroute PATH, LIRR, NJT, Amtrak.

Bonus #2: Reroute M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M7, M10, M20, M34/M34A SBS, M104 and all Express Buses.

Street closured:

 

If this actually happened the Subway would shut down like on 9/11. This is just too much of a problem to warrant a large-scale change of service.

I highly doubt they were maintained. So the only step they need to skip is the TBM, but who knows? At least something was done.

*facepalm*

I'm not to keen on this one, as most riders want Midtown, not the East Side. I still think some 's should go to 95th Street in this situation...

 

The , assuming built as designed, DOES go to Midtown. Right under the Chrysler Building.

What if the replaced the in Brooklyn and the terminated at Whitehall?

New York City will never have a loop line *until* a unified subway system is built through New Jersey. Otherwise you're just looping around half of the city. Of course, because of all the ridiculous red tape, that won't happen.

Loops are useless. They are hard to put in a big city. Sorry.

 

London, Moscow, Chicago, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore, Beijing, Madrid, Berlin, Seoul, Shanghai seem to do just fine.

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I like paragraphs. You should learn to like them too.

Sure it is, you're just stuck in your boxes again.

Slightly silly question, but if they need to, why can't they just build a second level below the currently constructed one to expand capacity in the future? A set of express tracks down there would work quite well I would think, not too dissimilar to the Lex Ave line.

Lower Manhattan is already saturated with lines. Why not send it to Brooklyn from the Lower East Side?

Well I hope the MTA gets it right this time.

Actually they're all about providing service to the citizens of New York. How they do that should be as cheap as possible, but its clear that they don't know how to do that very well.

Had far more to do with Real Estate values than anything. Robert Moses had no vested interest in tearing it down.

People did see this and they tried to save it. I guess they had nothing to Robert Moses, and his minions.

 

Yes, because it was specifically Robert Moses who tore it down.

Learn some history, bub.

No it's not because no IND train would have ever run on those tracks.

Where's the cash for that? I don't think it's the digging that's causing the delays, btw.

Does anyone think that the SAS, in current form, is slightly redundant? People on the Upper East Side don't even like to take the subway. I don't see how it will possibly be useful in its current form without some connection to The Bronx.

*rolls eyes*

Its a little bit of dust! Get over it people!

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