Second Ave Subway Thread... (New York, Union: live, costs, light rail)

[antinimby]

^ Are the MTA run by idiots?

[bill83]

Yes. They spent $4.5B and 10 years on 2 miles of tracks and 3 new stations. They are overwhelmingly qualify.

[bumblebyz]

Originally Posted by bill83

Yes. They spent $4.5B and 10 years on 2 miles of tracks and 3 new stations. They are overwhelmingly qualify.

With that money and time I could probably hire people from India and have them dig out the tunnels using spoons. It'll be the world's first hand carved subway tunnels.

[BBMW]

Good luck getting that past the unions, and there flunkies in city hall and Albany..

Originally Posted by bumblebyz

With that money and time I could probably hire people from India and have them dig out the tunnels using spoons. It'll be the world's first hand carved subway tunnels.

[Chava61]

Originally Posted by livingsinglenyc

Oh Boo hoo, many people in the boro's have more than a mile walk to the subway daily. Not just a random one time appointment.

It wasn't a random one time appointment as it was a series of private sessions with a pregnant woman that couldn't come to my office at the time.

In any case, the Lexington Line is overcrowded at all times of the day and the 2nd Avenue subway line is sorely needed in that area.

[HellUpInHarlem]

Second ave subway is needed. can't wait til it expands to 125th

[Railman96]

Originally Posted by BlakeJones

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:

Damn that sounds horrible. There seems to be alot of freak accidents that happen when testing new equipment.

[Railman96]

Originally Posted by HellUpInHarlem

Second ave subway is needed. can't wait til it expands to 125th

Should be done in the mid 2020's if nothing goes wrong... LoL.

The tunnels were already built in the 70's I think.

[livingsinglenyc]

Originally Posted by HellUpInHarlem

Second ave subway is needed. can't wait til it expands to 125th

Once it makes it to 125th them i can view it as useable.
Cause what it is right now it just a waste.

[BlakeJones]

Originally Posted by livingsinglenyc

Cause what it is right now it just a waste.

Kind of is, because the Upper East side is pretty much the only dying neighborhood in Manhattan (falling rents & decrease in population). Then again, people will argue that this is because of the transportation problem and that SAS will fix what's wrong