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Re:Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else by Schiendelman on Monday November 02, 2020 @04:10PM (#24973386)
They could not have both built a station and extended the system for their budget, no.

The new signaling for the 7 will already get them to 30 trains an hour, and that will not be enough in 30 years, much less 100.

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Re:Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else by selectodude on Monday November 02, 2020 @04:28PM (#24973623)
The NYC Subway had a yearly ridership of over 2 billion in 1946, higher than it is today (pre-covid). One could say that we should be building a subway that can transport 5 billion riders per year and have six tracks on every line but that would be silly and there's no legitimate reason why that would be the case.
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Re:Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else by Schiendelman on Monday November 02, 2020 @04:33PM (#24973690)
I'm not sure what you're getting at here. NYC is growing steadily, especially around that station.
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