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Re:The NYC's MTA 20 Year Needs Assessment Reminds Us They Ca... by bradleyjg on Sunday October 08, 2023 @03:05PM (#37813435)
… and it’s made commutes worse for almost everyone. Imagine spending that much money and that many years and ending up with a net negative.
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Re:The NYC's MTA 20 Year Needs Assessment Reminds Us They Ca... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday October 08, 2023 @04:50PM (#37814281)
> it’s made commutes worse for almost everyone

How?

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Re:The NYC's MTA 20 Year Needs Assessment Reminds Us They Ca... by bradleyjg on Sunday October 08, 2023 @05:12PM (#37814455)
They changed the schedules around to have some trains go to grand central from every line but there’s limited numbers of trains, track space, and platforms at Jamaica. The upshot is that there are fewer peak express trains at good commuting times and transfers at Jamaica are no longer synchronized by time and track.

The Oyster Bay line has been hit particularly badly.

On top of that because of how far underground the gcs platforms are and the fact that the old Hunters Point Ave method wasn’t that bad, even people that work on the east side aren’t seeing big benefits, if any.

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