From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Sunday, September 27, 2015 at 8:40:44 AM UTC-4, Bolwerk wrote:   
   > On 09/25/2015 10:46 PM, Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
   > > On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 4:55:30 PM UTC-4, Bolwerk wrote:   
      
   > >> What I don't get is why no rail solutions are considered for PABT   
   > >> remediation at all.  You can't move all those people off buses, but   
   > >> you can cut the crowding down a lot with rail.  HBLR via the   
   > >> Lincoln Tunnel would be cheap if the vehicles fit.  Just look on   
   > >> the west side.  Even a new rapid transit line from NJ to the west   
   > >> side would be cheaper than $10B.   
   > > So you want to cut the motor vehicle lanes from 6 to 4 permanently,   
   > > to accommodate a single rail line that couldn't replace even 10% of   
   > > the buses that use it every day?   
   >   
   > That would hardly be a tragedy given how few people actually move   
   > through the tunnel by private automobile relative to transit at peak   
   > times.  At the peak hour in the AM rush, it's  something like 3,000   
   > people by car vs. 35,000+ on buses!   
   >   
   > Though I don't see why you think HBLR through the tunnel would draw so   
   > few people.   
      
   I didn't address number of people at all. I addressed the flexibility of   
   bus service versus the fixity of rail service.   
      
   But you completely deleted what I actually said about bus lines.   
      
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