We need at least one line of some sort of rail that runs north-south the length of the island in Eastern Queens/Western Nassau so you don’t have to go all the way to Woodside or Jamaica to transfer between LIRR branches.
I would have liked for you to have mentioned funding for military members to be educated on rail construction and to maintain these new systems so that these people can get jobs after the military budget vanishes.
@26:51 not a good idea to close Bowdoin. Boston is a cold city and the gap between GC and Charles/MGH is about 15 minutes with a lot of traffic and a slight incline.
The only time the R is useful in lower Manhattan is if the 4/5/6 are running with delays or are overcrowded. In my experience of getting from Manhattan to Brooklyn, the R (along with the rest of the Broadway line) is usually not as crowded as the other lines because it is slow and no one wants to take it. The R (*very* unfortunately) also provides one of the few ways to go between the IND and IRT/other BMT lines in Downtown Brooklyn because of close-proximity stations not having free transfers (Fulton G/Lafayette C/Barclays, Hoyt/Hoyt Schermerhorn, Jay Street/Borough Hall). In the case of Jay Street and Borough Hall, you can take the R train, but thanks to the extraordinarily long transfer, dangerously narrow island platforms (I can only imagine how dangerous they are if you're in a wheelchair, and Jay is an "accessible" station!), and curves in the tracks, it is often faster to walk *even if the R train is in the station*. Those two stations not having a direct passageway between them is acceptable, but no free out-of-system transfer is ridiculous.
IMO you should have started with nationalization of all four Class I freight railroads. A very rough estimate to purchase them outright would be $300 Billion. This would immediately improve Amtrak, CA HSR, and every transit line that lies on or adjacent to a freight railroad RoW. Of course, there would be many other benefits as well, including a general improvement in service and a huge reduction in future construction costs for transit projects near freight RoWs. You could then spend many more billions to electrify everything, which would pay itself off in a decade or two. The best thing about this is that the railroads would actually be self-sustaining and would not require taxpayer funding in the future. That would still leave hundreds of billions of dollars for local transit. Frankly, doing all of these projects at the same time would get difficult. You’ll run out of experienced construction workers in NYC to build everything. Better to spread out construction geographically by electrifying all of the freight railroads in rural areas.
more good news in Dallas! a grassroots transit advocacy group is forming to oppose service cuts. Positive change needs to happen at the local level, so dont be afraid to get involved :)
I would want a video on the 34th street merge on the N line and also if possible can there be a rating of all lirr branches since you did an overview of the Lirr
In California, this money can be used for: 1) High rise OHE from Emeryville to Sacramento & Colosseum to San Juan Capistrano. 2) High rise OHE tunnel from Emeryville to Jack London square. 3) Elevated OHE tracks from San Juan Capistrano to San Diego. 4) Elevated OHE tracks across the Dumbarton. 5) Caltrain service from Diridon to Martinez via the Dumbarton rail bridge. 6) Integration of BART, Muni light rail, and VTA light rail into a single urban rail agency. 7) 5 New Amtrak California trains (Daytime: San Fransisco-Los Angeles ; Sacramento-Los Angeles ; Diridon - San Diego Overnight: San Fransisco - San Diego ; Reno-Los Angeles ) 8) Highway 99 intercity BRT from Sacramento to Bakersfield with stops at Lodi, Stockton, Modesto, Merced, Fresno, Tulare, and Bakersfield. 9) SMART rail link across the I-580 bridge to Richmond with links to BART, Amtrak California, and proposed Caltrain line. 10) AC waiting rooms and drinking water for all train stations in the Central Valley, Inland empire, Salinas valley, and Santa Clara valley. Look at Tracy station to see why. No rider should be punished waiting on a concrete box exposed to the sun when it’s over 100 F !!!
The MTA just announced in a recent committee meeting that they plan to address the bottlenecks at both Rodgers and DeKalb junctions. This could mean deinterlining these areas.
The MTA just announced in a recent committee meeting that they plan to address the bottlenecks at both Rodgers and DeKalb junctions. This could mean deinterlining these areas.
I would've loved to see MARTA expanded for Atlanta, but the counties and NIMBYs would never allow it. It's a dream come true if we expanded to every corner in the metro areas, from urban to rural.
If mta really use their heads and build new infrastructure wouldn’t they think they will rack in more revenue….. They think spending money is losing money but it’s all a big investment and a flip
To anyone unaware, we could build a whole new interstate highway system every single year and still have roughly $230 billion left over. The cost per mile to build bidirectional railroad tracks is roughly 2/3 that of a 4 lane split highway.
Nice as always! I’ve been waiting this for months! Definitely worth the wait! Also, I’d like a video of how to improve the Broadway Line, due to how bad it is, especially that the MTA put the oldest rolling stock on 3 of the 4 lines covering it.
The City hall S curve is not only where you will find loud ear piercing screeches but also the Cresent St S Curve as well which has J Trains going super slow because of those extremely sharp curves. Now with the Broadway Line the Astoria Line has major flaws on people wanting that express service but it’s better for the N and Q to go to 96 St and the R to go to Astoria. That solves Dekalb Junction merging problems also. With the Nassau St line the reason why the J line frequencies are so garbage is because of the Z. Skip Stop service is absolutely useless and there are Residents that live near the BMT Jamaica Line call for the elimination of the Z line to boost J service. With the L line being the most useful in the BMT the only thing it needs is tail tracks after 8th Ave and an expanded Atlantic Ave for shorturns for the L to see 30-33tph. The scores for the most useful in each division IRT: 7 IND: G BMT: L
W train literally makes zero sense to me, and the fact that they want to expand to Red Hook just makes no sense. I am eagerly waiting for an actual train that goes from Brooklyn to Queens instead of having just the G. Also I always found the R horrible. If you want to be late to work, spend way too much time goofing off, or just want to feel miserable, take the R. you will not regret it.
Also, I think that the Q should deserve higher ranking. During weekends it's the only line that serves Brighton and many neighborhoods in south Brooklyn. Yes the frequency is bad, but, it lives up to it because the only bus line that almost runs parallel with it is B68. I think usefulness should be at least a 9 or 9.5. And for the comfort, I actually quite like the rocking of the trains on Broadway. I think of comfort as warm lighting and having a seat. I hate R46 but love them because of the sand-colored wallpaper.
I agree. I live near the Q Train and take it everyday to school. While the frequencies may not be the best, the Q carries Central Brooklyn when the B goes down.
I love the Q! I have no real issues with it, although yeah, sometimes the wait times can suck, but that's rare in my personal experience. Also, the 49 bus is another business that sorta parallels the Q line, along with the 68
@@andyharris9377 The Q Train is only slow because there are frequent maintenance checks on the Brighton Line. When that isn’t the case, it moves pretty fast. Getting from Flatbush to Downtown in ~20 minutes is not bad at all, especially for a local service.
Don’t let the frequency of the D deceive you lol. It might be ok during rush hours…but middays it’s 10 mins and then Headways yesterday (which was a Saturday) was 15 MINUTES 😭
Amazing. I want to live in this world. 😊 Small problem would be all the demand for labour & rail & building materials would cause prices to increase. Would have to practically nationalize some aspects of this in order to keep costs under control. In theory at least. In Year 2 you should focus on…rest of country. 😊 In reality, would probably be spread out evenly across the country. So maybe 1 line in NYC, 1 line in Washington, 1 line in LA, 1 in Seattle, 1 in Atlanta. I think a big spend would be for a national high speed rail line to shift people off of short haul flights - given climate change and such. First routes probably could be: Los Angeles to San Francisco Houston to Dallas Boston to New York to Philly to Washington (upgraded) Charlotte to Atlanta Washington to Charlotte Chicago to St. Louis Chicago to Milwaukee Chicago to Indianapolis
Another abandoned LIRR branch (whereby hangs a tale): There is a Northport Rail Trail entrance: www.google.com/maps/place/Northport,+NY+11768,+USA/@40.880201,-73.3456447,78m Follow the trail northward and it takes you to a "Public Storage" facility at Elwood & Fort Salonga Roads; this used to be the situs of a rail station in the Village of Northport; www.google.com/maps/place/Northport,+NY+11768,+USA/@40.890427,-73.3418797,254m The Trail goes over an abandoned LIRR line that branched out from the current LIRR tracks, approximately 200 meters northeasterly from where the tracks cross Stony Hollow Road (I seem to recall an old timer telling me that this was the original LIRR trackage, while what is now the Port Jefferson Line is an extension that was built later): www.google.com/maps/place/Northport,+NY+11768,+USA/@40.8736345,-73.344537,214m There currently is a LIRR station called "Northport" which is in the hamlet of East Northport (where I lived for 25+ years). The reason there is a hamlet called East Northport situated south of the Village of Northport is that the LIRR station used to be called East Northport to distinguish it from the now abandoned and built-over Northport station. The "East" in the hamlet of East Northport refers to the LIRR station (we would have lost all credibility if our hamlet had been called "South Northport").
I like this, to add on to the 2, ik it was slow between 42nd and Chambers, but that’s probably because it was behind a 3, I had the same experience on a 3 because it was behind a 2…so speed can def vary
Forget about fighting let them do it see what happens then they all should've realized all too late that they should've picked Queenslink, not Queensway (They could making tons of money for making a park🙄).
@@Reformperson well send the W to Bay Ridge the R would be better off on Fulton Street line cause having the R via west end is not cool if we do this then your making things even more difficult for Express service, now Eastern Pkwy understandable since its very complex to find a perfect way to de interline but Delkab it's something else. Some want the D and Q swap but others the B and N swap. Either swap is good enough.
@@ECRALSE40LPS although Vanshnookenraggen proposed the B and N swap the MTA would lean towards the D and Q swap because they won’t have to operate the B on the weekends and late nights but at the same time that does not go with rider preference. Brighton riders prefer Broadway services which is why I proposed having the N go on Brighton with the Q, and the B on Sea Beach, and the D going to Bay Ridge. If we do send the R on Fulton then we can work with a W on West End as we’re can send the D Trains to Bay Ridge 95 St. we would also have to modify the S curve between City Hall and Cortlandt St for that so work well to ensure the R and W get 30tph combined.
