tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post7839055129036109556..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: Buses and trains in WoodhavenCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-28365544334989845022013-07-11T14:38:11.310-04:002013-07-11T14:38:11.310-04:00Here's an interesting question from a former r...Here's an interesting question from a former resident of Woodhaven. The Rockaway branch had a stop at Jamaica Avenue called "Brooklyn Manor," because the streets of Woodhaven south of Jamaica avenue to 89th avenue, from 98th to Woodhaven Boulevard, were filled with larger-than-average wood frame houses. Now, while the railroad was running, it was a one-seat ride to Penn Station for a non-subway commute.<br /><br />Where would you find evidence to show, economically, that cutting the neighborhood off from a one-seat ride to Midtown changed the demographic focus of it? I would think lack of quick, easy access to Midtown would drive away the nomenklatura that worked there.<br /><br />Could you pay for the restoration of the Rockaway Branch with a special tax on the increased value of those large houses, now again within easy commuting distance of Midtown?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-29731485258728075602013-06-04T16:57:24.719-04:002013-06-04T16:57:24.719-04:00It's doesn't need both in the state it'...It's doesn't need both in the state it's in now. It's iffy if it needs Select bus. Traffic moves well on Woodhaven Blvd. Zone around the new subway for 30 story apartment buildings for a block around the subways stations, makes it worth it. So you would be building subway in Queens because people in Brooklyn, who have subway already, don't want to put in zoning for 30 story apartment buildings at their subway stop?Adirondacker12800https://www.blogger.com/profile/17108712932656586797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-7410171702013203102013-06-04T14:57:33.371-04:002013-06-04T14:57:33.371-04:00Is that what you think I'm saying, Adirondacke...Is that what you think I'm saying, Adirondacker? No, I think we should have both.Cap'n Transithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-20663525402377274332013-06-04T14:06:33.472-04:002013-06-04T14:06:33.472-04:00Let me see if I have this straight. Select Bus on ...Let me see if I have this straight. Select Bus on Woodhaven Blvd. isn't worth it because Woodhaven Blvd. isn't developed enough. But building the train is worth it because it would bring development to underdeveloped Woodhaven Blvd. Hmmmm.Adirondacker12800https://www.blogger.com/profile/17108712932656586797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-56373098834801667842013-06-03T21:14:59.953-04:002013-06-03T21:14:59.953-04:00The problem with having both SBS and subway servic...The problem with having both SBS <i>and</i> subway service is that the Woodhaven corridor is probably not big enough to support both at the same time, in the way that Second Avenue could probably host both the M15SBS and a full-length SAS (whenever that happens)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-15355320115271905192013-06-03T06:18:53.371-04:002013-06-03T06:18:53.371-04:00As far as the Woodhaven Select Bus, which is reall...As far as the Woodhaven Select Bus, which is really a no-brainer as far as im concerned: This road is way oversized for the car traffic ive ever seen it get, yet ive barely been lucky enough to ever get a bus seat, especially in the summer, where many people take the bus down the full length of Woodhaven to go to the beach.<br /><br />As for the subway, I still think Triboro RX is a better line for subway reactivation than the Rockaway line. We can likely not get either, but if we can get one id much rather see Triboro. It does amaze me that subway expansion is so difficult and expensive. We are vastly wealthier than when we built the subway system in the first place, but utterly ineffective at doing anything....BBnet3000https://www.blogger.com/profile/06025782630936914958noreply@blogger.com