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What's with the weird design decision not to have more West to East lines in NYC? It can make travel very convoluted.
by shmerl 3y ago
What's with the weird design decision not to have more West to East lines in NYC? It can make travel very convoluted.
- chimeracoder 3y agoWith the exception of three stops on the UWS that took about a century to build[0] and one additional stop on the 7, ~all of the subway stops were built 80+ years ago, via one of three independent private train companies. Those three companies eventually went bankrupt and were taken over by the city, and then later the state. So I wouldn't call anything a "design decision" in this case, insofar as it was never designed intentionally to be a comprehensive public transit system the way we think of it today. [0] Not an exaggeration - Phase 1 was originally supposed to be completed before WWII.
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoI'd surmise that cut-and-cover construction was more politically feasible on the wider avenues where business disruption is minimized.