Transit Construction Progress Report - E. 63d St., Archer Ave., Secon d Ave., & Third Ave. Lines

[Roadcruiser1]

That's why I suggest that they should stop with the tunneling, and focus on building an Elevated Line instead. Some places like Dubai still builds their metros with elevated lines because it's faster and cheaper. If it speeds up the construction Second Avenue then by no means do it. Make it a two track elevated line from the Bronx to Brooklyn and screw the NIMBYS.

[Guest lance25]

How would you like it if trains rumbled pass your window at all types of hours, especially when you're trying to sleep?

 

By the way, your logic is flawed. If they "stop with the tunneling" and build an elevated line, billions of dollars would be wasted by not using the tunnels that were already dug. Also, two track lines are useless in terms of flexibility. If something happens to the line, they'll either have to single-track the entire line or simply shut it down.

 

Another thing, this whole "Monkey See, Monkey Do" argument is getting old. Just because something is done in a particular fashion in one part of the world, it doesn't mean that we should do it like that here.

[Roadcruiser1]

A)I live by an elevated line and I can stand the noise.

B)Here is an example of a two track line Canarsie and the .

C)It's cheaper and faster to raise an elevated line and build it along with the stations then tunneling.

[Guest lance25]

A) Good for you. Just because you live near an elevated line, it doesn't mean that everyone else will want to.

 

There's a difference between a line that's been around for nearly a century and a newly built two-track line. Look at Canarsie: every time something happens on that line, it gets shut down in that particular section.

 

C) That may be, but I feel that building new elevated lines should be a last resort. They're still blights to the neighborhood and reduce property values in the area.

[CenSin]

A) Good for you. Just because you live near an elevated line, it doesn't mean that everyone else will want to.

 

There's a difference between a line that's been around for nearly a century and a newly built two-track line. Look at Canarsie: every time something happens on that line, it gets shut down in that particular section.

 

A) It's a preference and most people do NOT want noise. It's easier to play a sound recording of a rumbling train in your own personal space than for everyone else to block out the noise of a real train.

Two-track lines are prone to shutting down from the simplest of failures. Anything that impedes a train anywhere on any track automatically shuts down the whole line. Let's not forget the Second Avenue line's 72 Street station doesn't even have a third track to turn back trains anymore.