Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else

Re:Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else by bobthepanda on Monday November 02, 2020 @09:47PM (#24975852)

The Chelsea plan is mostly to link up 7+L, though preferably you'd bring the L up and through the Far West Side. The L's higher capacity and it could use a new, higher throughput terminal.

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Re:Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else by jcranmer on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @09:20AM (#24979837)

Linking the 7 and L is an even more ??? idea, because the 7 and L are different loading gauges, and the fact that both originate on the east side of the East River means anything that now becomes a 1-seat ride takes too long to be worth actually sitting in 1 seat for that long.

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Re:Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else by fennecfoxen on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @04:53PM (#24984446)

I think he's suggesting linking them for a transfer. Which doesn't actually make sense either, because the only new destination this opens up that saves a transfer is Hudson Yards.

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Re:Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else by bobthepanda on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @01:17PM (#24991541)

Hudson Yards is the second or third largest office submarket in Manhattan, the one with the newest spec towers, and on top of that is bigger than most American downtowns are.

Long term the L should be extended north, at least to Columbus Circle if not beyond; the Far West Side lacks subway service, and currently the 7th Avenue Express (2/3) is also considered to be above capacity. Or it was in a pre-COVID world, anyways.

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Re:Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else by Schiendelman on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @07:20AM (#24978954)

Either way. But the 7 already points south now!

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