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> The question I have is, why were things like the Hudson Yards station, work on the perpetually delayed 2nd Avenue subway, Fulton St. station renovation priori
by gsnedders 9y ago
> The question I have is, why were things like the Hudson Yards station, work on the perpetually delayed 2nd Avenue subway, Fulton St. station renovation prioritized over the core signal and preexisting aging track infrastructure?
Which gets votes? Renewing existing infrastructure is something nobody understands.
- nine_k 9y ago"Renewing existing infrastructure" as in "not canceling L train", or "R trains running without problems", etc? That could get some votes. BTW 2nd avenue subway should be seen as "less crowded green line trains", which matched popular demand rather well, and it did work, to my mind.
- gsnedders 9y ago> "Renewing existing infrastructure" as in "not canceling L train", or "R trains running without problems", etc? That could get some votes. But people expect it to keep working as it does today, as far as I can tell. It's about expectations, not realism.
- betterunix2 9y agoThe crowding on the Lexington Ave. lines is partly due to Metro-North commuters at 125th St. and Grand Central -- the 2nd Ave. subway does absolutely nothing to help with that, because the extension into East Harlem was not funded.