Comments on: Hail me some subway improvements instead http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/03/28/hail-me-some-subway-improvements-instead/ A New York City Subway Blog Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:13:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Julia http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/03/28/hail-me-some-subway-improvements-instead/#comment-331 Julia Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:59:19 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/03/28/hail-me-some-subway-improvements-instead/#comment-331 Hey, congrats on being linked from the Times! Expanding subway (and bus) service in the outer boroughs is certainly more sustainable than taxis. I also wonder where these extra taxi stands would be located -- if you have to travel to get to the taxi stand, you might as well travel to a subway stop. In Western Queens, there are usually cabs to be had in the stretch between Jackson Heights and the Q'boro Bridge -- where a lot of cabbies live. Hey, congrats on being linked from the Times!

Expanding subway (and bus) service in the outer boroughs is certainly more sustainable than taxis. I also wonder where these extra taxi stands would be located — if you have to travel to get to the taxi stand, you might as well travel to a subway stop.

In Western Queens, there are usually cabs to be had in the stretch between Jackson Heights and the Q’boro Bridge — where a lot of cabbies live.

]]> By: Harlan http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/03/28/hail-me-some-subway-improvements-instead/#comment-330 Harlan Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:07:25 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/03/28/hail-me-some-subway-improvements-instead/#comment-330 The thing about the taxi stands is that if cabs knew they could go to a stand and pick up a fare in the outer boroughs, they'd be a lot less likely to complain about leaving Manhattan in the first place. The reason why cabbies (illegally) refuse fares to Brooklyn or Queens (or upper Manhattan) is because they know they'll likely have to drive back to the city alone. The taxi stands would greatly reduce that problem. The thing about the taxi stands is that if cabs knew they could go to a stand and pick up a fare in the outer boroughs, they’d be a lot less likely to complain about leaving Manhattan in the first place. The reason why cabbies (illegally) refuse fares to Brooklyn or Queens (or upper Manhattan) is because they know they’ll likely have to drive back to the city alone. The taxi stands would greatly reduce that problem.

]]> By: Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/03/28/hail-me-some-subway-improvements-instead/#comment-329 Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:36:22 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/03/28/hail-me-some-subway-improvements-instead/#comment-329 [...] Standoff Over Critical Mass (Voice)Groundbreaking Set (Again) for Second Avenue Subway (Daily Intel)Proposed Taxi Stand Investment Should Go to Transit (Second Ave. Sagas)Bloomberg Likes San Gennaro - and Police Spying (Gothamist)City Bids to Control [...] [...] Standoff Over Critical Mass (Voice)Groundbreaking Set (Again) for Second Avenue Subway (Daily Intel)Proposed Taxi Stand Investment Should Go to Transit (Second Ave. Sagas)Bloomberg Likes San Gennaro - and Police Spying (Gothamist)City Bids to Control [...]

]]> By: Marsha http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/03/28/hail-me-some-subway-improvements-instead/#comment-328 Marsha Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:41:03 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/03/28/hail-me-some-subway-improvements-instead/#comment-328 Good points. Good points.

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