From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 9:53:15 PM UTC-4, Michael Finfer wrote:   
   > On 10/21/2015 11:07 PM, Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
   >   
   > > Interesting. The distorted map doesn't show how close Hanover Square is to   
   > > Wall & Broad, so that accomplishes the same goal as sending the Q to   
   Whitehall.   
   > >   
   > > It doesn't indicate what will be done about the reduced service to Astoria.   
   >   
   > Lower Manhattan is a rather small place.  Most of the stations near   
   > Whitehall St. are just a short walk from each other.  The issue down   
   > there as I see it is transfers.  I wonder if it would be useful to   
   > anyone for the MTA to allow MetroCard transfers between some of those   
   > stations, particularly between the Second Avenue Line and some of the   
   > other lines there.  Would people coming from Brooklyn use a transfer   
   > like that if it were available?   
      
   It's supposed to be unwise for a line to end in the middle of town, so that   
   it's underutilized half the day in each direction.   
      
   But why would a Brooklynite need particularly to go to Kips Bay or the UES?   
   How much through ridership is there on the D? (or B)   
      
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