Bay Ridge Express Posted April 21, 2019 Share #751 Posted April 21, 2019 1 hour ago, ABOGbrooklyn said: Haven't been passed 25 street in a while. Is it like 45th Street? yes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted May 17, 2019 Share #752 Posted May 17, 2019 Will the costs stop going up! Screen Shot 2019-05-17 at 2.31.10 PM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr Screen Shot 2019-05-17 at 2.31.15 PM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr Screen Shot 2019-05-17 at 2.31.28 PM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr Screen Shot 2019-05-17 at 2.31.44 PM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr Screen Shot 2019-05-17 at 2.31.49 PM 1 by Union Turnpike, on Flickr Screen Shot 2019-05-17 at 2.31.53 PM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr Screen Shot 2019-05-17 at 2.31.57 PM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr Screen Shot 2019-05-17 at 2.32.02 PM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr Screen Shot 2019-05-17 at 2.32.07 PM by Union Turnpike, on Flickr 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted May 19, 2019 Share #753 Posted May 19, 2019 As much as we like to bemoan the excessive costs for MTA-related construction projects, I cannot see the reason for most of the outrage in this case. From the modifications outlined, it looks like a lot of the additional expenses were the result of deteriorating conditions that weren't visible or apparent when the initial estimates were agreed upon. We'd all like for the expense to remain the same without any changes, that's rarely the case. Things like this pop up in any old structure. I'd much prefer they took care of this items now rather than wait until the components fail and we have to pay for another full station renovation five years from now. That mention of the additional waterproofing however is yet again, very annoying. Water flows down in constant rain storms? Color me shocked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMTKateMeltonLine Posted June 9, 2019 Share #754 Posted June 9, 2019 How about rehabilitating numerous Concourse [ & ] stations @ 170th, and north of Tremont. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R68OnBroadway Posted June 9, 2019 Share #755 Posted June 9, 2019 4 hours ago, BMTKateMeltonLine said: How about rehabilitating numerous Concourse [ & ] stations @ 170th, and north of Tremont. Norwood needs a renovation the most. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassTransitHonchkrow Posted June 9, 2019 Share #756 Posted June 9, 2019 On 11/28/2018 at 11:06 PM, Derrick Tan said: First video is by Daniel Paucar, which is the first and only video of the reopened station for now. Second video is by JamaicaZ160, which is a video of the station's finishing touches. Wait, they extended the platform? Finally. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassTransitHonchkrow Posted June 9, 2019 Share #757 Posted June 9, 2019 5 hours ago, BMTKateMeltonLine said: How about rehabilitating numerous Concourse [ & ] stations @ 170th, and north of Tremont. those are the mustiest ones, too. I suspect there's a lot of masonry damage underneath the tiles. If the city sustains another Sandy-like incident, there's a good chance that Grand Concourse service will cease to be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick Tan Posted June 9, 2019 Share #758 Posted June 9, 2019 12 minutes ago, MassTransitHonchkrow said: Wait, they extended the platform? Finally. The MTA didn't extend it. Platform extension wasn't included in ESI so the platform still only fits 4-5 cars. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R68OnBroadway Posted June 9, 2019 Share #759 Posted June 9, 2019 4 hours ago, MassTransitHonchkrow said: those are the mustiest ones, too. I suspect there's a lot of masonry damage underneath the tiles. If the city sustains another Sandy-like incident, there's a good chance that Grand Concourse service will cease to be. A lot of the IND in general could use some repairs... Norwood is hell, Lafayette is a prison, Culver after 4th-9th is rotting, 103rd has more plywood than concrete, and the upper Manhattan stations (168th and north) stink like shit. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayFan3000 Posted June 10, 2019 Share #760 Posted June 10, 2019 1 hour ago, R68OnBroadway said: A lot of the IND in general could use some repairs... Norwood is hell, Lafayette is a prison, Culver after 4th-9th is rotting, 103rd has more plywood than concrete, and the upper Manhattan stations (168th and north) stink like shit. Same goes for Chambers Street, Bowery, East Broadway, Hunts Point Avenue, Third Avenue-138th Street, Lexington Avenue-59th St on the and Line, Queensboro Plaza, 68th Street-Hunter College, 86th Street on the Line, 14th Street-6th Avenue on the and Lines, Most QBL Stations and Stations as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabanamaner Posted June 10, 2019 Share #761 Posted June 10, 2019 5 hours ago, R68OnBroadway said: A lot of the IND in general could use some repairs... Norwood is hell, Lafayette is a prison, Culver after 4th-9th is rotting, 103rd has more plywood than concrete, and the upper Manhattan stations (168th and north) stink like shit. Lafayette Avenue will never cease to baffle me. A quaint local station with a gigantic mezzanine that would make some express stations blush. IND philosophy at its finest. I’m typically against mezzanines being shrunk or segmented, but if there was ever a station that needed it, it’s Lafayette. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q23 via 108 Posted June 10, 2019 Share #762 Posted June 10, 2019 Lest we forget 21 Van Alast . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABOGbrooklyn Posted June 10, 2019 Share #763 Posted June 10, 2019 16 hours ago, MassTransitHonchkrow said: Wait, they extended the platform? Finally. 145 has been open though... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassTransitHonchkrow Posted June 10, 2019 Share #764 Posted June 10, 2019 8 hours ago, ABOGbrooklyn said: 145 has been open though... I necroposted. Sorry. I haven't rode the since early March 2018. I had no idea they planned to finally fix that afterthought of a station. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassTransitHonchkrow Posted June 10, 2019 Share #765 Posted June 10, 2019 20 hours ago, R68OnBroadway said: A lot of the IND in general could use some repairs... Norwood is hell, Lafayette is a prison, Culver after 4th-9th is rotting, 103rd has more plywood than concrete, and the upper Manhattan stations (168th and north) stink like shit. and the platforms on the BMT Jamaica line rattle like an old person's bones. I have this nagging feeling that the floor is gonna fall one [c]rush hour in the not too distant future. Maybe if the station agents didn't buzz in the trash they wouldn't smell so horrible. Right now, LA is dealing with diseases the world hasn't seen since the 13th century, and the situation in the subway will give eventual rise to a similar calamity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted June 11, 2019 Share #766 Posted June 11, 2019 20 hours ago, MassTransitHonchkrow said: and the platforms on the BMT Jamaica line rattle like an old person's bones. I have this nagging feeling that the floor is gonna fall one [c]rush hour in the not too distant future. Maybe if the station agents didn't buzz in the trash they wouldn't smell so horrible. Right now, LA is dealing with diseases the world hasn't seen since the 13th century, and the situation in the subway will give eventual rise to a similar calamity. Well at least it’s nothing like what is going on with the line. Stuff has been falling from the structure as of late, however that line doesn’t get shut down like the does to give the structure proper attention. At the same time that is also why I dislike the line because it doesn’t have a proper express track in Queens and in East NY so trains can just bypass stations and if they need to do track work or structure work best believe the whole line from Jamaica Center to Crescent Street or Broadway Junction is being shut down which is a huge inconvenience. At least now they are rehabbing a lot of the stations in Queens and they were much smarter with how they did 111th street. On 6/10/2019 at 1:01 AM, Cabanamaner said: Lafayette Avenue will never cease to baffle me. A quaint local station with a gigantic mezzanine that would make some express stations blush. IND philosophy at its finest. I’m typically against mezzanines being shrunk or segmented, but if there was ever a station that needed it, it’s Lafayette. There are some stations like Sutphin Blvd and Parsons Blvd on the that retained its full mezzanines despite them being empty most of the time. I just hope the MTA starts opening up more station entrances especially at stations where people would potentially have to travel from one end of the platform to the other just to leave like station like at Northern Blvd . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMTKateMeltonLine Posted June 16, 2019 Share #767 Posted June 16, 2019 On 6/9/2019 at 1:59 PM, R68OnBroadway said: Norwood needs a renovation the most. As well as 155th-Eighth Ave. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share #768 Posted June 16, 2019 On 6/10/2019 at 1:01 AM, Cabanamaner said: Lafayette Avenue will never cease to baffle me. A quaint local station with a gigantic mezzanine that would make some express stations blush. IND philosophy at its finest. I’m typically against mezzanines being shrunk or segmented, but if there was ever a station that needed it, it’s Lafayette. Those large IND mezzanines would be perfect spaces for bike parking but no one thinks multimodally in New York apparently... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threxx Posted June 16, 2019 Share #769 Posted June 16, 2019 Are there any plans for other elevated stations to get the glass treatment like Astoria, or is everyone else just stuck with the somewhat ugly pre-fabricated station walls? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMTKateMeltonLine Posted June 17, 2019 Share #770 Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) On 6/9/2019 at 8:46 PM, subwayfan1998 said: Same goes for Chambers Street, Bowery, East Broadway, Hunts Point Avenue, Third Avenue-138th Street, Lexington Avenue-59th St on the and Line, Queensboro Plaza, 68th Street-Hunter College, 86th Street on the Line, 14th Street-6th Avenue on the and Lines, Most QBL Stations and Stations as well. As well as Westchester Sq & underground stations on the line. Edited June 17, 2019 by BMTKateMeltonLine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-express Posted June 19, 2019 Share #771 Posted June 19, 2019 Looks like those ESI station half-height emergency exit doors weren't a really great idea... https://nypost.com/2019/06/18/mta-to-overhaul-subway-exit-gates-after-installing-easy-to-hop-model/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick Tan Posted June 19, 2019 Share #772 Posted June 19, 2019 3 minutes ago, 7-express said: Looks like those ESI station half-height emergency exit doors weren't a really great idea... https://nypost.com/2019/06/18/mta-to-overhaul-subway-exit-gates-after-installing-easy-to-hop-model/ That's why I like the High Entry Exit Turnstiles better. Fare evaders can't jump or duck over them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahC99 Posted June 19, 2019 Share #773 Posted June 19, 2019 1 hour ago, 7-express said: Looks like those ESI station half-height emergency exit doors weren't a really great idea... https://nypost.com/2019/06/18/mta-to-overhaul-subway-exit-gates-after-installing-easy-to-hop-model/ 59 minutes ago, Derrick Tan said: That's why I like the High Entry Exit Turnstiles better. Fare evaders can't jump or duck over them. I agree. The new design is also very shortsighted. If I were designing these subway stations, I would go with a new turnstile design with a 7 foot tall paddle gate entry along with a 7 foot tall emergency exit door, complete with alarms (something like what San Francisco has). New dedicated ADA turnstiles would also be added specifically for wheelchairs. That could be a great design to thwart turnstile hoppers because seriously. Who is the world is going to hop over a 7 foot tall paddle door. However, I would also have clear windows separating the paid area from the unpaid area instead of the traditional “prison bar”-like fences we have now. I would like a feeling of openness and world class in this system. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share #774 Posted June 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Derrick Tan said: That's why I like the High Entry Exit Turnstiles better. Fare evaders can't jump or duck over them. 22 minutes ago, JeremiahC99 said: I agree. The new design is also very shortsighted. If I were designing these subway stations, I would go with a new turnstile design with a 7 foot tall paddle gate entry along with a 7 foot tall emergency exit door, complete with alarms (something like what San Francisco has). New dedicated ADA turnstiles would also be added specifically for wheelchairs. That could be a great design to thwart turnstile hoppers because seriously. Who is the world is going to hop over a 7 foot tall paddle door. However, I would also have clear windows separating the paid area from the unpaid area instead of the traditional “prison bar”-like fences we have now. I would like a feeling of openness and world class in this system. We don't need to reinvent the wheel here... We're already using Oyster tech for OMNY so why not just use Oyster turnstiles or "fare gates"? \ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahC99 Posted June 19, 2019 Share #775 Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Around the Horn said: We don't need to reinvent the wheel here... We're already using Oyster tech for OMNY so why not just use Oyster turnstiles or "fare gates"? \ I fear that someone could potentially jump over those type of turnstiles, which is why I went with the 7 foot tall paddle gates, but then again the Oyster gates could work. Edited June 19, 2019 by JeremiahC99 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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