tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post8302513477202183306..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: If you care about the G train...Cap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-60801026252627317872010-03-01T14:08:51.443-05:002010-03-01T14:08:51.443-05:00As a former Greenpointer, I say nice post, and apt...As a former Greenpointer, I say nice post, and apt observation as to the realities of "choice".<br /><br />But I quibble with the notion that the BQE is quick or convenient, except at 3AM. During much of the workweek, there's no way that it's faster to drive from say LIC to downtown Brooklyn, much less park there.<br /><br />Also, at least in my experience, the IND connections aren't really that awful. If you are going to midtown, the E/V is fine and if you are going to lower Manhattan it's often easier to go via Jay St. than to put up with the inbound Queens rush.<br /><br />I left the 'hood still annoyed about gentrification and the L becoming crowded so I have no comment there.sparkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040750257266963659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-10504816945778335252010-02-22T17:22:09.647-05:002010-02-22T17:22:09.647-05:00It wasn't an oversight. The IND was deliberate...It wasn't an oversight. The IND was deliberately built to be minimally compatible with existing lines, even though the city had already intended to take over the IRT and BMT in the future.<br /><br />The Second System transfers would have made the G only somewhat more useful. South 4th would have probably become an important transfer station, but it would never have been Atlantic/Pacific, and would not have addressed the lack of transfer in Queens.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-73161865377375938372010-02-22T09:28:02.756-05:002010-02-22T09:28:02.756-05:00Alon, I agree with you about the oversight with tr...Alon, I agree with you about the oversight with transfer stations. Of course, if the IND Second System had been built, the G would have had a simple stairway transfer at Broadway/South 4th St/Union Ave to Manhattan service via Houston and Worth Streets.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520811734907587902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-91251194483685550352010-02-21T13:49:19.285-05:002010-02-21T13:49:19.285-05:00The G's problem is not highway competition; it...The G's problem is not highway competition; it's that along the waterfront its only non-IND transfer is to the L at Williamsburg. If the IND had the intelligence to build the G to intersect Queensboro Plaza and Atlantic/Pacific, it would have much higher ridership.<br /><br />The one-seat ride is a non-issue given good connections, and may actually backfire by screwing with frequencies.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-74434857459130178942010-02-21T11:59:52.929-05:002010-02-21T11:59:52.929-05:00Cap'n: Thanks for mentioning my original comme...Cap'n: Thanks for mentioning my original comment. I used to live on a Brooklyn block with a G train stop at the corner, and my downstairs neighbor commuted to Forest Hills using the G train's one-seat ride.<br /><br />The service suffers from the lack of a one-seat ride to Manhattan. If a connection was built in Williamsburg from the L train tunnel to the G train line, the MTA could run service from Queens Boulevard through to 14th Street. A one-seat ride from Bedford-Nostrand (via switching tracks at Hoyt-Schermerhorn) to Manhattan IND service would also be a winner.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520811734907587902noreply@blogger.com