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  1. On 1/8/2020 at 9:48 PM, danielhg121 said:

    The whole practice of skip-stop isn't even all that efficient since the same trackage is still shared. Those tight ass turns aren't helping matters either...

    Skip stop works great in situations where station usage along the skip stop portion is fairly consistent between stops and service is frequent. The headways on the J/Z aren’t great enough to warrant it. Additionally, NYC’s labor market is becoming more fragmented and less centralized in Manhattan, so plenty of people on the J/Z aren’t heading to Manhattan anymore. The assumption that J/Z were going to Manhattan is what that express and skip stop service was designed for. It’s time to axe it.

  2. Democratic Party needs drastic reform quick if they want to get anywhere in 2018 and 2020.

    Trump held up the LGBT flag at his rallies and has said he supports gay marriage which he said tonight in 60 mins. I have a hard time believing that he will actually go against marriage equality, maybe Mike Pence though.

  3. This election proved America was sick and tired of being called racist- I can tell everyone here firsthand in the secrecy of the Internet that if I was of voting age I would have voting Trump. As a white man I have been told that " don't know what it's like to be poor." I've also been demonized and told that I, simply because I would consider voting trump, am deplorable, akin to the Klu Klux Klan. I've been told to give away things I've fought for and earned through merit simply because I'm a straight white male. I've been told that blacks can't be racist despite them shooting white cops in the street because they are cops and because they are white. The groupthink that anyone who disagrees with me is a crazy racist is rampant among the left in this country.

     

    Even though I disagree with Trump on tons I'm ecstatic he won, especially since I listened the the media lies and prepared for him to lose. It's such a huge slap on the face to the dying left which calls those it disagrees "homophobes, nationalists, Islamophobes, sexists, racists". There is nothing that makes me laugh more than the babyish crying of the left now that Trump is out President Elect. Shows that the prog-left can dish it out but they sure as hell cant take it.

     

    Some examples that I think are hilarious of liberals being babies on this forum:

     

    "Regardless, my world and the Muslim, Latino, Hispanic, LGBTQ, and "brown" people in its orbit has been shattered."

     

    "Just absolutely disgusting."

     

    "When Vladimir Putin Is The first guy to congratulate u on winning that alone speakes volumes of where were headed...World War 3 is in the vey near future...Watch"

     

    "Trump is the new President… And so homophobes, nationalists, Islamophobes, sexists, racists, and maybe a sexual predator enter position of power that risk setting this country back 70 years. God help us now."

     

     

    If you recognize yourself in any of these especially if you say your "world has been shattered" go f**k yourself.

  4. Andrew Cuomo's plans are disgraceful. New trains and fancy looking stations doesn't make the subway any better. I'd rather be on an R32 that got in on time than an R160 that took it's time. Rather focus money on keeping it clean and kicking homeless out rather than fancy new stations that will get just as dirty in a few years anyway.

  5. So I've been working on a fantasy map, and there's a Staten Island line that would run on the West Shore via the freight line and unto the Expressway. I'm undecided about putting this one stop at the West Shore Plaza. Is it really popular as to devote a heavy rail stop for a shopping center that's not open 24/7?

    How bout a first 5 car stop or something, or only in the peak direction.

  6. Found a few errors with the R160 programs...

     

    -On the (L), they have DeKalb Av & Atlantic Av as wheelchair accessible stations in both directions.

     

    -On the (J) to Chambers St program, the exterior signs all say Jamaica local (as normal), the FIND has normal local stops, the train says (J) local, but the screen says Jamaica express

     

    It couldn't really be that hard to fix this. I noticed the J one before.

  7. In that particular case, if you're going to put a substation and other parts in where the buildings were, then it likely makes sense to also add a subway station there with exits at 7th and 8th Streets, which also allows the Houston Street stop to be a bit further south if possible (but still with the (F) transfer in place) and the 14th Street station be a little further north of where it would be others. 

     

    Otherwise, I agree. 

     

    Oops i mistakenly downvoted.

    And so has every other part of Manhattan, but that doesn't mean we should just go around and add stops everywhere. Because there is no express line (and I swear to god, we don't need to have a "the SAS should have an express that doesn't go anywhere" conversation again), interstation distances need to be kept high to keep travel time low, and quite frankly between 14th and Houston there isn't a compelling enough reason to put a stop there, particularly since the most expensive costs these days are for stations (and if you think the MTA could get that land without paying today's market price for it, then do I have a bridge to sell you.)

     

    Why should the SAS be making a stop that even the M15 SBS does not do, anyways?

     

    This part of Manhattan includes about 4 extra avenues east of First. That's a lot more development.

  8. Except the (M) USED to run via West end to Bay Parkway (albeit last time five years ago) so it's not like people will forget that easily.  Plus, there are two transfer spots involved (Essex-Delancey AND Jay-Metrotech) where in this scenario riders can switch from the (A) or (F) to get to the re-routed (M) and if needed (J) / (Z) (PLUS Fulton from the Rockaway (A) and the (C) AND there AND Court Street AND Atlantic-Barclays from the (2) / (3) / (4) / (5) in this scenario), which is a consideration.   Some might get confused, but the transfer points are why I do that.

     

    I bet if 95% of subway riders just read your post they'd be confused. It's hard for the general consensus to just look at a map and paint lines with their mind.

  9. If necessary, (J) and (Z) are extended via Montague and the Brighton Line to Brighton Beach to replace the (B) in Brooklyn.

    (M) is rerouted to Broad Street on the Nassau Line after Essex Street and then via its old route via Montauge, 4th Avenue and the West End to Coney Island to replace the (D) in Brooklyn.  From 6th Avenue, transfer from the (A) or (F) at Essex-Delancey in Manhattan OR Jay Street in Brooklyn for the (M) that replaces the

    (D)

     

    Why make it complicated? You could just split the (N) between West End and Sea Beach. That would make a lot more sense to riders. You have to remember riders do not know as much as you. If they see a (J) on the Brighton or an (M) on the West End they'll be very confused.

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