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I'm glad that this will bring back the W train and the N will go express again in Manhattan.
I also think that phase 1 will be opening on time or only a little bit late. I was one of those people saying no way this opens anywhere close to December, but I'm becoming more optimistic lately. It could happen!
A lot of people (me included) sometimes like to complain that the MTA never gets anything done on time, but sometimes I like to remind myself that they reopened the R tunnel to Brooklyn a few months earlier than planned.
I'm glad that this will bring back the W train and the N will go express again in Manhattan.
I also think that phase 1 will be opening on time or only a little bit late. I was one of those people saying no way this opens anywhere close to December, but I'm becoming more optimistic lately. It could happen!
A lot of people (me included) sometimes like to complain that the MTA never gets anything done on time, but sometimes I like to remind myself that they reopened the R tunnel to Brooklyn a few months earlier than planned.
For something like this it doesn't really matter if it opens on time. What matters is that they open it and it's in good working condition when it opens.
Not true. The Q train goes to Brooklyn, and that is the Second Avenue Subway during phase 1. When the full length Second Avenue Subway is built, it will have transfers at 125th and Lex, 42nd Street, 53rd Street, 14th Street and Second Avenue. That's plenty of connections, and all North/South lines in Manhattan get plenty of ridership.
I was referring to the 2nd Avenue line, the "T". The Q extension is fine.
Several years ago during a harsh winter, I had to go to a business appointment on York Avenue (around 80-81 Streets). Since I have circulation issues in my toes and fingers it was a harsh walk for me from the Lexington subway as it neither the 77th Street Station nor the 86th Street Station were close and a bus only would get me part of the way there. This is besides the crowded Lexington line trains at all hours of the day. Therefore I think the first phase of the Second Avenue subway is a very welcome addition to the public transportation system on the Upper East Side. I think the first phase of the Second Avenue will either open on time or with a relatively short delay. Not sure when (or if?) the 2nd phase will be completed. The other phases (3 & 4) seem more like a pipe dream at this point.
I am beginning to agree with That_One_Guy that perhaps we WILL be riding Phase ONE this year. Geez, only 2 months away.<panting>
There's always going to be holdups, no one at the MTA is competent enough to properly manage the whole project. It's going to be some elevator problem or some improperly wired switch or something and then it's a 3 month delay and repeat that a few times
Several years ago during a harsh winter, I had to go to a business appointment on York Avenue (around 80-81 Streets). Since I have circulation issues in my toes and fingers it was a harsh walk for me from the Lexington subway as it neither the 77th Street Station nor the 86th Street Station were close and a bus only would get me part of the way there. This is besides the crowded Lexington line trains at all hours of the day. Therefore I think the first phase of the Second Avenue subway is a very welcome addition to the public transportation system on the Upper East Side. I think the first phase of the Second Avenue will either open on time or with a relatively short delay. Not sure when (or if?) the 2nd phase will be completed. The other phases (3 & 4) seem more like a pipe dream at this point.
Notice how in the second train they added steel plates inside the cars to simulate passenger weight. When they tested the JFK airtrain in that manner the computer controller being tested slammed on the brakes and the plates slid and crushed the supervisor to death
Drone footage of SASI:
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