MTAFan Posted November 25, 2011 Share #1 Posted November 25, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWM Posted November 25, 2011 Share #2 Posted November 25, 2011 Duh! Transit Museum #2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe C Posted November 26, 2011 Share #3 Posted November 26, 2011 Duh! Transit Museum #2! I wish,but i know that's not gonna happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriboroughBridge Posted November 27, 2011 Share #4 Posted November 27, 2011 Duh! Transit Museum #2! Oh shit! that would be awesome! To have a transit museum & to have a subway right there in the view! That would be freakin awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted November 27, 2011 Share #5 Posted November 27, 2011 The problem with having a museum here is that track will have to be laid and platforms built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadcruiser1 Posted November 27, 2011 Share #6 Posted November 27, 2011 I think there are better candidates. That includes the abandoned Bowery, Canal Street, and Chambers Street platforms. But I think the perfect one would be Chambers Street. It can include a renovation and the history of the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted November 27, 2011 Share #7 Posted November 27, 2011 For the last time - there is ONE transit museum for a reason. When you make more you weaken a museum that needs to fight for every dollar it gets as it is by potentially halving their attendance, adding a bunch of expansion costs, and doubling their operating costs. You also piss off every visitor who goes and sees one thing, then wants to see something else, and is told they have to go to a different BOROUGH if they want to see that thing. Just because a few buffs on a message board think loop trolley tracks (which mind you are very tight radius turns a subway car could never make without causing serious damage to undercar equipment) might make for a nice second museum at a location with no platforms does not make it in any way a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted November 27, 2011 Share #8 Posted November 27, 2011 could they turn it into a bus terminal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted November 27, 2011 Share #9 Posted November 27, 2011 I think the idea was more of it moving being that space is already limited at its current location and the impending retirement of more classes soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWM Posted November 28, 2011 Share #10 Posted November 28, 2011 For the last time - there is ONE transit museum for a reason. When you make more you weaken a museum that needs to fight for every dollar it gets as it is by potentially halving their attendance, adding a bunch of expansion costs, and doubling their operating costs. You also piss off every visitor who goes and sees one thing, then wants to see something else, and is told they have to go to a different BOROUGH if they want to see that thing. Just because a few buffs on a message board think loop trolley tracks (which mind you are very tight radius turns a subway car could never make without causing serious damage to undercar equipment) might make for a nice second museum at a location with no platforms does not make it in any way a good idea. It was a joke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goten2255 Posted November 28, 2011 Share #11 Posted November 28, 2011 i think its interesting the MTA is seeing this property and i saw the video its cool but i really wish trollies would come back and maybe they can use the terminal again. i want streetcars and light Rail again in NYC maybe this would be a new start for a brand new terminal for a revived trolley terminal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted November 28, 2011 Share #12 Posted November 28, 2011 i think its interesting the MTA is seeing this property and i saw the video its cool but i really wish trollies would come back and maybe they can use the terminal again. i want streetcars and light Rail again in NYC maybe this would be a new start for a brand new terminal for a revived trolley terminal? With Manhattan's traffic and basically traffic almost everywhere, I can hardly see trolleys and light rails coming back. Unless we are talking literally in the lightly congested areas and suburban areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadcruiser1 Posted November 28, 2011 Share #13 Posted November 28, 2011 Staten Island has a light rail plan, but that is a whole other topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted November 28, 2011 Share #14 Posted November 28, 2011 I always thought they sealed it up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted November 29, 2011 Share #15 Posted November 29, 2011 i think its interesting the MTA is seeing this property and i saw the video its cool but i really wish trollies would come back and maybe they can use the terminal again. i want streetcars and light Rail again in NYC maybe this would be a new start for a brand new terminal for a revived trolley terminal? Unlikely, as much as that would be nice to see. The only place trolleys have been talked about half seriously is Red Hook, but getting to Red Hook from the other side of the Willy B is not a route they'd ever consider because of all the other high priced neighborhoods (ie Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, etc.) that would have to sign off on the idea also. You'd also need trolley tracks over the bridge to do that. You won't see trolleys in Manhattan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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