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> Through running is to avoid an upcoming real estate grab [...] and build more terminus rail platforms Could one craft a gold-plated through-running transit h
by mncharity 2y ago
> Through running is to avoid an upcoming real estate grab [...] and build more terminus rail platforms
Could one craft a gold-plated through-running transit hub proposal which supports the grab? Then transit improves, grab or no grab. Given the dominant power of real estate in NYC, the TFA had for me the feel of a proposal from engineering to a c-suite with big divergent incentives. Could one tease apart the "don't build badly" from the "don't need to build" arguments? "There are better alternatives to that, but if that gets done anyway for whatever reasons, at least get it right by ...".
- kkysen 2y agoThere are other real estate grabs through-running could support. Through-running plans often include a Sunnyside Yards station where Metro-North Penn Station Access (PSA) trains from Hell Gate meet LIRR trains to Penn and Grand Central Madison (GCM), which would also distribute some of the passenger loads out of Penn, which is more constrained. A station here would mean you could also deck over the 180-acre railyard and build skyscrapers (the MTA is exempt from zoning) for some 50k people (about the same population density of Yorkville in the UES) with direct commutes to Penn and Grand Central.