Fix the Subway

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

You are the MTA. How would you implement/fix services on the NYCT?

[Via Garibaldi 8]

Your questions are way too broad to answer....

[6 Lexington Ave]

I cannot answer about creating or eliminating train routes, as I don't have much of an insight into the overcrowding situations etc.. What I would do is try to get enough funds to implement the capital program on time and as efficiently as possible, without having to borrow exorbitant amounts of money and creating a huge amount of debt. Of course, that doesn't only include the subway, but all the operations of the .

More practically, concerning the subway, I wouldn't eliminate trash receptacles as they're doing now, but I would ban eating and drinking in the subway and be very strict about it. Fines would be very high for littering, both in trains and on platforms.

Other than those measures, I'm not sure what else there's to do, though I'm sure there's plenty of stuff. I think cleanliness, though, is the most important, especially after the elimination of the station cleaning positions.

Oh, and I would try to renovate as many stations as possible and expand the subway as far as I could (in NYC...), depending on the funds available.

[Mysterious2train]

Dunno if it counts, but secure funding for the entirety of the Second Avenue Subway!

 

I'd also say to increase service during certain parts of Rush Hour, uptown train service between 7 AM and 8 AM and extend service to Flatbush for another 45 minutes or so... but that's more self-serving than anything else.

[6 Lexington Ave]

Dunno if it counts, but secure funding for the entirety of the Second Avenue Subway!

 

 

 

I find this a necessity, although it sounds impossible...

[alejr88]

With all the pigs and nasty new yorkers living here, enforce cleanliness and this might be impossible but to try to get rid of all rats in the entire subway system.

[peacemak3r]

With all the pigs and nasty new yorkers living here, enforce cleanliness and this might be impossible but to try to get rid of all rats in the entire subway system.

 

Enforcing cleanliness would have to go beyond the subway to prevent rats in the subway.

[azspeedbullet]

express train

 

i wish there was an express train because i take the train everyday and i hate how it is crowded every single day

[Kamen Rider]

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[VWM]

express train

 

i wish there was an express train because i take the train everyday and i hate how it is crowded every single day

You do Realize that that is clearly impossible. there are no express tracks along the and the only "express" that could work is skip-stop.

[trainfan22]

Countdown clocks in B div stations...

 

CBTC on the Lex.....

 

I wonder why they choose Queens Blvd for CBTC over the Lex? Queens Blvd seems more tricky due to the fact all four lines branch off to other lines (Broadway, 6th Av, Eastern div, 8th Ave) either way, I'm interested to see how they will pull this off.

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

I wonder what would happen if the E ran local on Queens Boulevard during weekends. I guess it has it's negatives and positives:

 

 

+: 1. Riders wanting to get to the G can just take one train from Queens Boulevard other than transferring between the E or the 7 from the R to get to the G. G riders will have to transfer less

2. Cost per operation mightly slightly go down

3. Relieve the clogged up delayed R which sometimes doesn't even serve Queens Plaza, hence the reason for E local service

4. Riders using local service only between Queens Plaza and 71 Avenue have to wait less to get on a local train.

 

 

-: 1: Riders need more time to get to Manhattan

2: With the crazy diversion the E does, an extra transfer to the shuttle bus will have to be used

3: Trains will make R trains a bit unreliable in Queens

4: Might make the F clogged up even more, and for those idiots that can't walk 2 blocks from the stops will take a crosstown bus in Manhattan.

 

 

 

The F and R trains are already clogged up thanks to the G train which doesn't serve Queens Boulevard anymore.

If the E turns into a weekend local, the F will be clogged up while the R is relieved. If the E stays an express, the R will still be delayed and clogged up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MTA- Screwing your way. Coming to a bus or subway near you.

[Kamen Rider]

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[Princelex]

I wonder what would happen if the E ran local on Queens Boulevard during weekends.

 

It would be disaster of an epic scale. It's completely unnecessary. Period.

[gtNovaBusRTS9369]

I wonder what would happen if the E ran local on Queens Boulevard during weekends. I guess it has it's negatives and positives:

 

Do you know how much this would infuriate Queens Blvd riders who occasionally take that train on weekends? Do You? Besides the only needs two stops to be local on weekends being: Briarwood Van Wyck Blvd & the only one on the QB line which is the only one pretty much needed as a local. Adding more stops would just ruin it's headway via length & time to get to destinations in Manhattan like 30-45 Min compared to the (E)'s actual headway now.I'll give you a minute to re-think that thought.

[TwoTimer]

There's no reason why an extra or two an hour is worse than making the local, then have it sit at Ctl behind the being cleaned out and readied for relay.

[Wallyhorse]

becomes at least a 19/7 line to 71-Continental, and possibly 24/7. That would solve the problem and if 24/7 would actually allow the to remain express on QB at all times.

[via White Plains Road]

becomes at least a 19/7 line to 71-Continental, and possibly 24/7. That would solve the problem and if 24/7 would actually allow the to remain express on QB at all times.

 

That's not going to happen.....its requires extra time and more crews. is not going to have two expresses during the late night hours. The is fine the way it is now....late nights replacing the local and express weekdays and weekends!

[Grand Concourse]

Plus that late at night, why would there be a need for 2 express lines? The has better headways than the and is better for late night local service.

As for the as local on the weekends, and having been on it a few times on the weekends, I would not be in favor of it. Though not as bad as weekdays, they do get pretty filled. You'd be better off extending the over making the run local.

[Wallyhorse]

I was mainly talking about 19/7 on the . I only said possible for 24/7.

 

Main purpose would be to relieve the during normal hours on weekends.

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

That will be the only way to have one less transfer. Unless you swap the F unto 53 street, while the R goes on 63 street. On the other hand, the F will go onto 63 street during late nights, but no daytime service at 57 street unless you extend the M into Queens or up to 57 street during weekends, other than the M going on 63 street during weekdays. Another big problem is that the 60 street connector isn't, so I would just say keep it the way it is.

[Shortline Bus]

Dunno if it counts, but secure funding for the entirety of the Second Avenue Subway!

 

I'd also say to increase service during certain parts of Rush Hour, uptown train service between 7 AM and 8 AM and extend service to Flatbush for another 45 minutes or so... but that's more self-serving than anything else.

 

 

Here are my ideas although it's doubtful if any of them would happen lol.

 

1)Not trying to sound our "einstein' friend QJ lol but i always felt that in a couple of locations citywide, 'light rail' should be bulit. For example a LRT along Merrick Blvd in SE Queens between Green Acres and Downtown Jamaica, etc.

It would be much cheaper than extending the subway in neighborhoods in the outerboros and yet provide 'rapid transit' service.

 

2)Extend all weekday evening Uptown ( service to/from Bedford Park until around 11pm. Example last Brooklyn-Bound ( leaves Bedford Park at around 1030pm and last Bedford-Park leaves 145th at around 1130pm.

 

3)Extend the hours of the and until around 1am.

 

For example. The last Euclid-Bound leaves 168th at around Midnight. While last 168th-Bound leaves Euclid at 1130pm.

Last Bay Ridge bound "R" leaves Forest Hills at 1130pm. While last Forest Hills "R" leaves Bay Ridge at around 12 Midnight.

 

4)Extend the Overnight shuttle to run between Atlantic/Pacific and 95th Street.

 

5)Extend the Overnight shuttle to 149th-Grand Concourse.

 

6)Operate Brooklyn-Bound service 1 more hour until around 10pm weeknights to help out the crowding on Flatbush-Bound '2' trains.

 

7)Instead of running the or as a Queens Blvd Local weekends, instead when needed whenever the "R" is delayed by 15 or more minutes, Dispatchers automatically *reassign* the next "E" or "F" line as a local.

 

8)Create a special "A" summer holiday weekend Rockaway Park 'direct' train to/from Beach 116th Street 2-3 trips in each direction. Example leaving 59th Street at 830am, 930am and 1230pm. Leaving Beach 116th 530pm, 630pm and 830pm. This is in additional to beefed up Rockaway Park shuttle.

 

 

9)When the SAS opens, have the run between 96th/2nd and Stillwell. Restore the "W" running weekdays between Ditmars and Bay Parkway via Bway/West End line. I doubt the MTA will ever restore a regular i.e peak hour direct Nassau line-South Brooklyn train again. That because of the new Fulton TC that will provide a transfer between the Bway Local and the "J".

 

 

 

Station ideas.

1)Canal Street "J" '6' "N" "Q" "R" was only rebulid less than a decade ago. Yet it confusing and lacks ADA access (Other than at the "6" line side). They should add ramps.

 

2)Essex "J" "M" "F" "Z" Busy station that needs ADA access since like yesterday. That way the TA don't have to bring back the "B39" bus.

 

3)Bulid a stairway bridge between 225th Street and Metro North's Marble Hill station. It would be a big help over crossing busy traffic from the Broadway Bridge.

 

 

4)Create a free out of system transfer between these stations.

 

Broadway "G"-Lorimer Street train.

Junuis '3'-Liviona "L" line stations.

 

 

Those are my ideas.

[CenSin]

Fix Broadway service. The and are both half-baked services. The terminates too early to be of any use to Queens residents during weekends and nights, and runs local in Brooklyn. The from Brooklyn, which usually beats the to Canal Street runs local to Queens all the time. What's worse, the gets held for the even though they both go to the same terminal on weekdays.

 

I propose making the permanent from Astoria to Coney Island as a Broadway and Brighton local. The becomes express along its entire length.

[Grand Concourse]

To add on to that, they should make the go up to 96th St as it would be express in Manhattan [broadway] and Brooklyn. It'd be 'shorter' [less stops] than the and that's what makes the more ideal to be sent further north in Manhattan. The being 'more frequent' - imo, is better suited for Astoria and can better handle the ridership there by itself than just the - assuming the isn't brought back when the SAS is ready for service.

[2Line1291]

My question is the still gonna be via the tunnel or the bridge, cause I know Brighton riders prefer the to be via the bridge according to how the was routed for the longest. On another note, Broadway operation would alot smoother if the was via the tunnel.