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Showing posts with label tunnel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tunnel. Show all posts
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Our overloaded subways

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As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, there are times when building new transit is not warranted. In particular, it is a waste of resources to...
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Saturday, March 29, 2014

If you're hub bound, there's room for you

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Recently I posted that there seemed to be no room left in the subway tunnels and bridges leading into Manhattan. Threestationsquare, who h...
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Monday, December 3, 2012

The Pulaski Skyway, a different "freeway without a future"?

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Earlier this year the Congress for the New Urbanism released a new version of its " Freeways without futures " list. I wholeheart...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Can we get an Emergency Express Bus network?

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We now know that most of the tunnels under the East River were flooded by Hurricane Sandy, including subway tunnels, and that there is flood...
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Why you should care about the Cross-Harbor rail freight tunnel

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For years, people have been talking about a cross-harbor rail freight tunnel, but it hasn't caught on in the public's imagination. ...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Summer Streets: I want more!

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I went to Summer Streets again last week, and again I had a good time. But in addition to my expansion suggestions , there were a few thing...
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

So much for the Red Hook Tunnel Bus

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Ben Kabak is reporting that the Manhattan-bound Smith/9th Street platform will finally be closed, from January 10 through Spring 2012, and ...
Monday, December 13, 2010

The Helix and the XBL

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My post last Wednesday on Chris Christie's plans to use the Port Authority's $3 billion ARC tunnel contribution on a bus garage, re...
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Sucked down the helix

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Photo: Camron & Richard The sad fate of the money that was to be dedicated to the ARC tunnel is a clear illustration of how easy it is ...
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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Deputy Mayor Robert Steel, keeping hope alive

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Original photo: Associated Press. Railfans and environmentalists across the city should be singing the praises of Robert Steel, Deputy Mayor...
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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Budget goblins: the phantom menace

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I've been meaning to write something about the shenanigans across the river with the "ARC Tunnel." I agree with a lot of the ...
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Why highway tunnels suck

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Since some people didn't quite get my brilliant idea , I was marveling at the number of people who otherwise agree with me about most tr...
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

A brilliant idea for Broadway

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Okay, I'm a civic-minded Queens resident with no engineering background, so maybe this won't work at all. But they tell me that B...
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Friday, September 3, 2010

Brilliantly STOOPID

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I'm a little late responding to this, but so far I haven't seen this angle covered in anyone's blog posts, only in comments. It...
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

More difficulties predicting mode choice

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As I mentioned in my last post, EngineerScotty and Jarrett Walker have been discussing various factors that motivate people's choice o...
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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Killing the cash cow

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Last week WNYC's Brian Lehrer had a segment on tolls and transportation that made me squirm a little. There were several bizarre moment...
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Monday, September 21, 2009

Faster, more reliable buses to Connecticut and beyond

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In the comments to the original Design New Haven post about wanting better bus service, some folks mentioned that the New York-Hartford Meg...
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Saturday, September 5, 2009

More examples of profitability

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I've spent a bunch of time recently talking about the profitable Lincoln Tunnel buses . Some of these companies, particularly the ones ...
Monday, August 31, 2009

The man behind the Simpson Curtain

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Last week I posted about arguments for free public transit, some of which refer to the "Simpson-Curtain rule." "Politicall...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

More on the profitable Lincoln Tunnel buses

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Astute readers will have noticed that I'm interested in free transit, but I'm also interested in profitable transit. Mainly I'm ...
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