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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
But of course the NYC subway has both local and express service so it has a lot of that already built into it.
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That doesn't help suburban dwellers. The subway doesn't go far out. The commuter network should be linked up through the city with RER style tunnels allowing for rapid transit links to/from the suburbs and faster/better travel between major poles in the city. Right now the suburban trains are all terminated at stations leading to congestion. This would take people off subway trains too allowing for less congestion. The express functionality on the subway isn't anything like what I'm talking about. The Crossrail and Rer link the commuter rail directly to major employment poles and they allow for linkages and through-running of those trains.