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This was an interesting read, with a couple of glaring errors: * The systems that predate the modern NYC subway were not called the IRT. The IRT was a single s
by woodruffw 3y ago
This was an interesting read, with a couple of glaring errors:
* The systems that predate the modern NYC subway were not called the IRT. The IRT was a single system, which now makes up the “A Division” of the subway. The other system was the BMT, which was combined with the IND to make up the “B Division” (since they have compatible trackage and car lengths/widths, unlike the IRT).
* The interviewee claims that the IND only really expanded into two new areas (via the crosstown line and QBL), which isn’t true: the IND also included the Culver and Fulton lines, both of which cover otherwise underserved neighborhoods.
- jcranmer 3y agoAlon Levy definitely knows about the history of the IRT, the BMT, and the IND, so the interview getting that wrong is definitely odd. Although from the way it's worded, it's possible that it's just the interviewer doing an incorrect transcription, since Alon clearly refers to "the privates" (plural).