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@EfficientAG @RAILMag @AirlineFlyer @the_transit_guy @alon_levy @YIMBY_Princeton @A320Lga @Union_Tpke @UrbanJerseyGuy @GeorgeFTrain @Zmapper @bensh__ @mdasilva1563

Can anyone tell me the capacity of a PATH PA-5 car? The closest I can find is an article about PATH extending to 9 cars saying it will accommodate an additional 110 people, but it's about the same dimensions as a R188, which an 11-car 7 train holds an avg of 183 people per car

Don't ever let anyone tell you that there's no market for public transportation in Puerto Rico. El famoso tapón de la 52 Bumper to bumper from the intersection of PR-22/PR-18 all the way to Trujillo Alto via PR-17 and PR-181

@AirlineFlyer Is the MTA bus over the Bayonne bridge to HBLR still a thing? Not that it would help you on this route

@hsrgood @alanthefisher Wait, there's no way these are still in regular operation!? I took a joyride during a Greyhound layover maybe 6-8 years back

Made it out to IRM today in preparation for "Day out with Thomas™" and this has got to be the best use for the trolleybus when it's out of service on special event days. Mind you this is the Skoda trolleybus from Dayton!

@davsot @Rafa_CathPR Pero esa ruta por las autopistas es peor para aceso a los puntos centrales. Por la calle funcionará si convierten Ponce de Leon en camino exclusivo para transporte colectivo y utilicen la tecnología para que los semáforos son sincronizados con los trenes

@Rafa_CathPR No necesariamente. Hubo una alternativa siguiendo las autopistas.

El tren urbano debería llegar a esta zona (Minillas), donde es evidente que es un centro de empleos y residencias.

@davsot Por eso creo que debe convertir PdL en un camino exclusivo para el transporte público, bicicleta, y peatones y deja Fernández Juncos para los vehículos personales (con un carril para bicicletas)

Me gusta que hablemos de estos asuntos abiertamente. Aprendamos juntos. Santurce no fue diseñado para carros. La Ponce de León históricamente es una vía de prioridad de transporte colectivo. El que se haya quitado el espacio al peatón no significa que no se le pueda devolver.

@mis2chavos @davsot Una vía principal para Santurce, o una vía principal para pasar de un lado al otro? PdL es un camino central para la comunidad y su diseño/uso debe representar esto. Creo que Fernández Juncos sería más apto para los que quieren pasar por Santurce en carro para llegar a otro punto

@davsot Creo q al ser una vía principal sacar 2 carriles sería demasiado. La Fdz Juncos al tener menos tráfico creo q es más apta. Aparte q ayudaría a desarrollar ese lado de Santurce q está más relegado

Perspectiva (POV) la guagua necesita un carril exclusivo en la Ponce de León. 🚌🚐🚌🚐🚎

@mdasilva1563 @YIMBY_Princeton @Union_Tpke @A320Lga @upzonenj @UrbanJerseyGuy @2AvSagas @alon_levy @Zmapper @bensh__ @JamesLLlamas @_blahblahblah My point tho is that it shouldn't have to be that way. They're allowed on FDR for a short stretch, so there's no reason they're forced to use local streets rather than West Side Highway

Anyone know why buses aren't allowed on Henry Hudson Parkway from midtown to the GWB? Weight limit is 22 tons, clearances are fine (don't ask me how I know), and Academy even has permits for certain work to use it. Seems like a decent alt for buses coming from north of GWB

@JamesLLlamas @YIMBY_Princeton @Union_Tpke @A320Lga @upzonenj @UrbanJerseyGuy @2AvSagas @alon_levy @Zmapper @bensh__ @mdasilva1563 @_blahblahblah My point exactly. Many Peter Pan and Greyhound drivers just say fuck it and run West Side Highway anyway and risk the ticket, and some will even go Lincoln Tunnel + GWB/Tappan Zee. Going via local streets is a nightmare most times

@YIMBY_Princeton @Consult_JBF @Union_Tpke @A320Lga @upzonenj @UrbanJerseyGuy @2AvSagas @alon_levy @Zmapper @bensh__ @mdasilva1563 @_blahblahblah I’ve “enjoyed” many a tour of Harlem and Upper West Side surface streets on buses from Hartford to PABT. Seemed suboptimal for all involved.

@YIMBY_Princeton @Union_Tpke @A320Lga @upzonenj @UrbanJerseyGuy @2AvSagas @alon_levy @Zmapper @bensh__ @JamesLLlamas @mdasilva1563 @_blahblahblah You're forgetting everything coming from New England that gets stuck running local Manhattan streets, and Bronx express buses. The market is predominently midtown, so regardless of where a bus is coming from, most of them want to reach midtown. GWBBT is inconvenient for most.

@Consult_JBF @Union_Tpke @A320Lga @upzonenj @UrbanJerseyGuy @2AvSagas @alon_levy @Zmapper @bensh__ @JamesLLlamas @mdasilva1563 @_blahblahblah OK, so (1) if a bus is coming from north of GWB, it is supposed to use the GWB Bus Station in Wash Heights. (2) If a bus is not coming from north of GWB, it is supposed to use the XBL. Put those two things together, and there is no sensible reason for buses to be on that parkway.

@mdasilva1563 That's basically the only reasoning I can see for it, especially with transit. With regular buses like charter, I can see NYS not trusting drivers to not fuck up and go past the GWB

@ThunderWolf08 Why the aversion always to restoring abandoned/rail trailed ROWs? Why add pointless mileage when the better option is still available

A fix for this problem is easier said then done, but looks fairly simple, trains would head down to hamilton the head north-west to Indianapolis. Another potential sore spot is around Pittsburgh, where tracks look like a can of worms and could be slower in some spots

Could we get a train connecting Kansas city to New York city? It could be possible again 🧵

@iloveportwine @cory_ep It opens the door for major operational complexities

Tired: Connect Penn Station and Grand Central Wired: Connect Atlantic Terminal and Secaucus Junction nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…

@TheLIRRToday @LIRR It's not even that it's not the most critical to fix. Private ops serve much smaller populations both in terms of ridership & regionality, where as LIRR is traversing the entirety of LI serving various markets. The ops with smaller scope are the ones who need to match, not LIRR

@Consult_JBF @LIRR I agree there are many factors & on the list of problems with these schedules, this ranks very low. Of the two parties, the one that just got $17 billion worth of public money for capacity expansions earns the 👎 but I agree it's not the most critical to fix.

Another ferry fail with @LIRR's new schedules. The daily ferry from Montauk to Block Island leaves Montauk Harbor at 10:00a. What time does the first LIRR train from the city get you there on weekends? 10:04a. The return trip also misses train 6017 on Sundays by 2 minutes.