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When you expand a hole, the only connection is at the end of the hole. Also, line expansions usually get connected to existing tail tracks. The 2nd Ave has a co
by ant6n 10y ago
When you expand a hole, the only connection is at the end of the hole. Also, line expansions usually get connected to existing tail tracks. The 2nd Ave has a connection to an existing line that's not at the end, but that single connection isn't the reason for the cost or the slowness of construction.
This argument is pure BS that tries to explain New York's incompetence when it comes to planning and building infrastrucure by citing its exceptionalism.
- ethanbond 10y agoNo one claimed it's "the reason," and anyone who offers "a reason" for it is lying to you. There are countless interconnected reasons for it, one of which is probably incompetence, sure. One of which is also, in fact, its exceptionalism in being an enormous, ancient, nonstop transit system.
- ant6n 10y agoYou yourself made that claim two hours ago: "Most of the NYC transit system is also operating 24/7, which makes expansion and maintenance pretty difficult."
- ethanbond 10y agoEh, if you read that as me saying that's the sole reason, despite that comment itself being an addendum to another person's comment re: the complexity of this tunnel in particular, then that's just garden variety misunderstanding. Sorry if you read it that way, that's not how I meant it.