New York City - Transit News - Page 37

NYC4Life · #**721** Posted **Mar 22, 2013, 6:29 PM**

9:36 AM
MTA: Smith-9th Street Station Reopens Next Month
By: NY1 News

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stori...ens-next-month

Quote:

Red Hook residents will soon be able to use the Smith-9th Street Station again.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says F and G trains will resume regular stops at the station during the week of April 22.

The 79-year-old station was closed for nearly two years of extensive renovations.

Among the upgrades are improved stairs and platforms, a new public address system, and new lighting.

NYC4Life · #**722** Posted **Mar 26, 2013, 5:11 PM**

Cool pic from the 145th station:

http://imgur.com/r/nyc/z9Fy2Zs

Busy Bee · #**723** Posted **Mar 26, 2013, 8:16 PM**

About as reckless as...

*

ardecila · #**724** Posted **Mar 27, 2013, 4:59 AM**

Nice burner!

mrnyc · #**725** Posted **Mar 31, 2013, 4:28 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYC4Life

9:36 AM
MTA: Smith-9th Street Station Reopens Next Month
By: NY1 News

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stori...ens-next-month

© 2013 Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC. All Rights Reserved.

i just went by a couple times yesterday and it doesnt look anywhere near ready to open. hmmm.

NYC4Life · #**726** Posted **Apr 3, 2013, 5:58 PM**

WPIX-TV NEW YORK

No. 1 train service returns to South Ferry Thursday morning
6 mins ago
by PIX11 Web Desk

http://pix11.com/2013/04/03/no-1-tra...#axzz2PEVAGeGJ

The South Ferry station as it looked right after Hurricane Sandy.

Quote:

More than five months after Hurricane Sandy took the South Ferry subway station off line, the MTA has announced that No. 1 train service will return to the water-logged station starting Thursday morning at 5 a.m.

MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz tweeted that the No. 1 train will run through the Old South Ferry loop station. The main station was severely damaged by Sandy and is years away from reopening.

Since Sandy, the MTA has been running a “special” No. 1 train that terminates at the Rector Street station.

The MTA has announced earlier it was planning to reopen the old station to complete the link to the southern end of the No.1 train.

antinimby · #**727** Posted **Apr 3, 2013, 9:15 PM**

Re: the Red Hook / Smith-9th St station

It takes two years to upgrade the platform, stairs, public address system and lighting?

I realize it is the MTA but still...

If it wasn't so sad it would be quite funny actually.

amor de cosmos · #**728** Posted **Apr 7, 2013, 12:44 AM**

2nd ave subway or bust

• Video Link

ardecila · #**729** Posted **Apr 7, 2013, 2:32 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by antinimby

Re: the Red Hook / Smith-9th St station

It takes two years to upgrade the platform, stairs, public address system and lighting?

I realize it is the MTA but still...

If it wasn't so sad it would be quite funny actually.

I don't know if you are familiar with this station, but it is an elevated station on top of an absolutely behemoth viaduct that needed major structural work.

This was not the minor renovation you imply.

src

ardecila · #**730** Posted **Apr 9, 2013, 3:40 AM**

CitiBike stations are starting to appear on streets.

I love how the extensive use of Helvetica ties the bike-sharing stations into the broader MTA system graphically. The advertising is also done tastefully although I will reserve judgment until I see the bikes themselves.

NYC4Life · #**731** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 7:18 PM**

04/10/2013 10:56 PM
MTA: 7 Train Extension To New Jersey Not An Economically Viable Idea
By: NY1 News

http://www.ny1.com/content/transit/1...ly-viable-idea

Quote:

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is once again putting the breaks on Mayor Bloomberg's push to extend the number 7 subway train all the way to New Jersey.

A new feasibility study commissioned by the city found that some 128,000 riders would use the number 7 daily between Secaucus and Grand Central.

It also concluded it would be feasible to add a new 60-bay bus terminal at Secaucus and construct a 10th Avenue subway station.

Work is already underway to connect the 7 train from Times Square to 11th Avenue and 34th Street.

However, as it has in the past, the MTA said they don't see an extension to New Jersey as an "economically viable idea."

If the project were to move forward, the study said the next step would be to identify financing opportunities and review engineering and other operational aspects of the project.

NYC4Life · #**732** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 7:24 PM**

2:33 PM
Quinn Proposes City Takeover Of MTA
By: NY1 News

http://www.ny1.com/content/transit/1...akeover-of-mta

Quote:

City Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Christine Quinn said this morning in a speech at LaGuardia Community College that the city should be in charge of its own mass transit system.

Speaking in the Long Island City section of Queens, Quinn said she wants mayoral control of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board and a board member that represents the riding public.

The speaker said mass transit should be the engine for economic growth and having the city in charge of the MTA will ensure that riders will get the most for their money.

"The MTA chair is appointed by the governor. The mayor has a minority of the appointments on the MTA board. The majority of the new members are appointed by the governor and county leaders outside of our city," Quinn said.

"This has resulted in an MTA that doesn't respond quickly enough to the needs of New Yorkers and the changing face of our city."

The speaker also proposed extending Metro-North Railroad and ferry service in the city, as well as increased Select Bus Service in the boroughs outside of Manhattan.

The MTA, which is currently run by the state, is not commenting on Quinn’s suggestions.

Busy Bee · #**733** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 7:49 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYC4Life

04/10/2013 10:56 PM
MTA: 7 Train Extension To New Jersey Not An Economically Viable Idea
By: NY1 News

http://www.ny1.com/content/transit/1...ly-viable-idea

© 2013 Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC. All Rights Reserved.

IMO, the MTA's incessant opposition to this still has more to do with potential government jurisdictional convolution and how such a bi-state operation would work on a political basis than it is an admission that the concept is a good idea. To them the subway's never left the city line, let alone the state line.

Nexis4Jersey · #**734** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 8:07 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

IMO, the MTA's incessant opposition to this still has more to do with potential government jurisdictional convolution and how such a bi-state operation would work on a political basis than it is an admission that the concept is a good idea. To them the subway's never left the city line, let alone the state line.

It was a stupid idea anyway , it benefits developers then commuters...and is a band-aid solution.

k1052 · #**735** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 8:36 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

IMO, the MTA's incessant opposition to this still has more to do with potential government jurisdictional convolution and how such a bi-state operation would work on a political basis than it is an admission that the concept is a good idea. To them the subway's never left the city line, let alone the state line.

The MTA is incessantly opposed to almost everything. Only one of the three current large capital projects were actually something they wanted to do (ESA).

If the politicians get behind it (NJ and NY) and cobble together the money they'll do it. They just don't want the cash coming out of their capital budget.

k1052 · #**736** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 8:46 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nexis4Jersey

It was a stupid idea anyway , it benefits developers then commuters...and is a band-aid solution.

Specifically you're upset that it would benefit NY developers instead of NJ developers. If you want to stimulate the urban areas in NJ near NYC then you should be begging for multiple NYCT line extensions into NJ as far as Newark.

Nexis4Jersey · #**737** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 9:11 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by k1052

Specifically you're upset that it would benefit NY developers instead of NJ developers. If you want to stimulate the urban areas in NJ near NYC then you should be begging for multiple NYCT line extensions into NJ as far as Newark.

Invest in the Gateway , that will stimulate Newark which is already starting to do well.... The 7 line would take longer then the Regional Rail and PATH.... And yes it benefits mainly NY developers , instead of NJ developers. Why to Secaucus , why not Hoboken Terminal which is where all the lines feed into and have excess capacity? Ever time we have a NJ-NY Project , NJ Projects like the Newark LRT Expansion and Hudson Bergen LRT Expansions get placed on hold...those expansions would benefit New Jersey more then another connection to New York which is needed in the form of Regional/Intercity Rail then Subway.

ardecila · #**738** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 9:22 PM**

Link to the study, with lots of nerdy details
http://www.nycedc.com/resource/no-7-...s-final-report

As usual, the project is over-designed. The Secaucus Terminal has a flyover to prevent conflicts and allow for 30 tph.

Also, there's no proposal for intermediate stops in Jersey, even though there's a golden opportunity to add one at Lincoln Harbor. If you think about the big picture, a subway stop in Weehawken could free up a huge amount of capacity in the Lincoln Tunnel and at Port Authority, and it would have a direct transfer to Hudson-Bergen Light Rail. It all makes way too much sense for Parsons Brinckerhoff.

Nexis4Jersey · #**739** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 9:31 PM**

That alignment is what Amtrak is proposing at least for the Jersey Side....so there trying to cancel out the Amtrak project? The Maintenance facticity is on a wetland....which will drive up costs...

k1052 · #**740** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 9:31 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nexis4Jersey

Invest in the Gateway , that will stimulate Newark which is already starting to do well.... The 7 line would take longer then the Regional Rail and PATH.... And yes it benefits mainly NY developers , instead of NJ developers. Why to Secaucus , why not Hoboken Terminal which is where all the lines feed into and have excess capacity? Ever time we have a NJ-NY Project , NJ Projects like the Newark LRT Expansion and Hudson Bergen LRT Expansions get placed on hold...those expansions would benefit New Jersey more then another connection to New York which is needed in the form of Regional/Intercity Rail then Subway.

Because it was massively overbuilt as a transfer station and most of the NJT traffic comes through there. It also has room/access for a bus terminal to relive some of the stress on the PA Bus Terminal in midtown.

There should be at least one stop on any 7 extension that connects directly with the HBLR, which in itself would be FAR more valuable to NJ than simply extending HBLR.