home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   nyc.transit      Advice on getting mugged on the subways      3,014 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 1,597 of 3,014   
   hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk to Stephen Sprunk   
   Re: Second Avenue Subway--Dec 2016?   
   22 Oct 15 00:42:53   
   
   On 21.10.15 21:39, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   > On 20-Oct-15 22:10, Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
   >> Michael Finfer wrote:   
   >>> The plan is for the Q to run up Second Ave.  Since that is the   
   >>> Broadway express, there would be no need for crossover moves at   
   >>> 57th St.   
   >>   
   >> The Q currently does not serve downtown. It turns off at Canal St. to   
   >> the Manhattan Bridge. Maybe the T will go 125-Whitehall, but   
   >> meanwhile a Q to Brooklyn isn't particularly helpful.   
   >   
   > The southern terminus of the T will be Hanover Sq, not Whitehall St.   
   >   
   > No MTA maps so far show a rerouting of the Q's southern end, but that is   
   > possible, due to the SAS or otherwise.  OTOH, even if a one-seat ride to   
   > downtown doesn't come until the final phase, the Q will connect to the   
   > 1234567BDFJLMNR, which adds several new two-seat options and hopefully   
   > less crowding for several of the existing ones via the Lex.   
   >   
   > This is the best map I've found that shows the full route/stations:   
   > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Second_Ave   
   ue_Subway_Map_vc.jpg   
   >   
   > This one shows the phasing, but not as much detail:   
   > http://cdnstatic.visualizeus.com/thumbs/2d/1e/2d1e610ab9b0a1b4   
   2184954bd7aabc8_i.jpg   
   >   
   > There doesn't seem to be a need for the T route (and its new color)   
   > until Phase 3 is in service, but you never know.   
   >   
   > S   
   >   
   I heard something a while back that all trains operating on the T will   
   be crewless. Is there any truth to that?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca