From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   >> You could certainly build streetcars that could fit through the   
   >> Lincoln Tunnel, but now you're creating a whole new set of HBLR   
   >> rolling stock.   
   >   
   >Is that a huge problem in this case?   It would probably demand a fairly   
   >large order of new vehicles anyway.   
   >   
   >If you want to serve 10,000 users at the peak hour, you probably need   
   >about 30 2-car trains of LRVs.   
      
   Dunno, depends how hard it'd manage two fleets, one which can go   
   through the tunnel, one which can't.   
      
   >> If it were up to me, I'd build the new train tunnels, and consider a   
   >> bus station at Secaucus Jct.  It's right off the turnpike and there's   
   >> plenty of room to build.   
   >   
   >I don't think that's a viable solution.  At least I think buses are   
   >built into Lincoln tunnel mix for the long haul.  Despite PTD's protests   
   >that I'm just being intransigently anti-bus or something, I suspect that   
   >simply costs too many people one-seat rides.   
      
   Oh, I assumed there'd still be a bus terminal in NYC since, among   
   other things, not all the buses at the PABT come through the tunnel.   
      
   For people who take the subway to get to their bus, staying on the #7   
   to get to the new bus station would probably give them a total ride   
   that's shorter than the current one, since the subway would presumably   
   not be subject to traffic issues on the helix and NJ 495.   
      
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