Shoulda extended PATH directly to the airport, with one station serving the 3 terminals through walkways. Or one station for each terminal. Or just use more buses.
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Shoulda extended PATH directly to the airport, with one station serving the 3 terminals through walkways. Or one station for each terminal. Or just use more buses.
David Benton wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 4:07 am As with all things African ,they will adapt them to suit their needs . The majority of passenger rolling stock is secondhand.This was a case of politicians wanting a photo op. vs. a real opening.
I imagine it would be prohibitively expensive to build a new underground yard, or an underground second level for an existing yard?......
They brought out a Diesel locomotive to haul out the third rail Blue Line metro train on Preview Day because the third rail hadn't been installed.
west point wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:59 pm One of these days SSY is going to be overwhelmed with rolling stock. The only solution is to maybe build a second deck. Expensive YES!! As an after thought mabe do that in BOS!Well, the city at one point was thinking of decking over Sunnyside for new apartment buildings......
Build it. Cut-and-cover, not some deep level 2nd Avenue style tunnels. Roosevelt is wide enough to support the construction.
And the subway would provide alternatives for people in case, say, portions of a certain highway collapse.
Given how many times people throw themselves and/or other people in front of a subway car, it would be worth it. Not sure about cats, though. When was the last time we had subway kittens stop the trains? Spotted this guy at Prospect Park, on the shuttle track, but at the south end of the track. No ...
So that's what will be at the Pathmark, I remember it being closed for a long time. Then some years ago I was walking on 125th, and noticed they had torn the building down.
Cuba has received its most recent equipment from China, it is definitely not inclined to pick up 50+ year old American equipment.
ChatGPT doesn't really have "knowledge", all it really does is compile information.
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The problem with the open gangway set in my mind is isolation. Here in Boston when one car becomes problematic it can be isolated and we have a 5-car set instead of 6 cars. With the open gangway it goes from 10 cars to 5 cars or removed from service. I believe the articulation join is not over a tr...
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Okay, trying to reduce this down... Section 3 has the "future plans": (a lot has cleared the EIS/Enviro Assessment) Monorail down I-270 Maglev project Ewww. I understand that there is always a desire to be "innovative", but the state really should drop these two and stick to est...
It might be a shortage of bus operators. In the past, they have closed down the whole line, but if I suppose that requires many buses compared to a few trains.