Comments on: China transit investment and weekend service advisories http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/05/22/china-transit-investment-and-weekend-service-advisories/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:41:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin Xie http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/05/22/china-transit-investment-and-weekend-service-advisories/#comment-63095 Kevin Xie Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:11:55 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2972#comment-63095 The Mta should clean the Canal St Station on the N/Q lines because it is really dirty. The Mta should clean the Canal St Station on the N/Q lines because it is really dirty.

]]> By: PB http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/05/22/china-transit-investment-and-weekend-service-advisories/#comment-61242 PB Wed, 27 May 2009 06:55:34 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2972#comment-61242 They ought to do away with the EIS process for green projects. There's a great article that shows that for every dollar spent on transit 3 dollars come into the city in the form of jobs. So technically we should have 30 billion dollars flowing into the city after this stuff is finished. They ought to do away with the EIS process for green projects. There’s a great article that shows that for every dollar spent on transit 3 dollars come into the city in the form of jobs. So technically we should have 30 billion dollars flowing into the city after this stuff is finished.

]]> By: Benjamin Kabak http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/05/22/china-transit-investment-and-weekend-service-advisories/#comment-61238 Benjamin Kabak Wed, 27 May 2009 02:46:38 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2972#comment-61238 I'm not talking about expansion from a labor law perspective though. I'm talking about dollar investments. We invest so much into highway spending. If we invested this much into rail, people could just leave their cars at home over vast differences. It's simply a matter of will. I’m not talking about expansion from a labor law perspective though. I’m talking about dollar investments. We invest so much into highway spending. If we invested this much into rail, people could just leave their cars at home over vast differences. It’s simply a matter of will.

]]> By: A-W http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/05/22/china-transit-investment-and-weekend-service-advisories/#comment-61237 A-W Wed, 27 May 2009 02:44:55 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2972#comment-61237 I'd take your analogy further...China's current construction standards and worker safety standards today are closer to the U.S. circa 1909, than the U.S. circa 2009. I won't say that lax safety standards were the main reason for the rapid construction of the original IRT subway lines, but I will say that this was a contributing factor. I’d take your analogy further…China’s current construction standards and worker safety standards today are closer to the U.S. circa 1909, than the U.S. circa 2009.

I won’t say that lax safety standards were the main reason for the rapid construction of the original IRT subway lines, but I will say that this was a contributing factor.

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/05/22/china-transit-investment-and-weekend-service-advisories/#comment-61192 rhywun Sun, 24 May 2009 21:14:07 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2972#comment-61192 Yeah--they could have made that a little clearer. Yeah–they could have made that a little clearer.

]]> By: Ron http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/05/22/china-transit-investment-and-weekend-service-advisories/#comment-61190 Ron Sun, 24 May 2009 19:32:33 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2972#comment-61190 The R is extended to Jamaica during the time it would normally run to Forest Hills only (not overnight). The R is extended to Jamaica during the time it would normally run to Forest Hills only (not overnight).

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/05/22/china-transit-investment-and-weekend-service-advisories/#comment-61188 rhywun Sun, 24 May 2009 18:04:50 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2972#comment-61188 Interesting, thanks. And yeah, the R was the usual Shuttle last night--yay, a combined forty minutes of waiting for the N and the R.... I have no idea what they were talking about with this "extended to the Jamaica-179th Street F station" silliness, unless it was running in two parts. Interesting, thanks. And yeah, the R was the usual Shuttle last night–yay, a combined forty minutes of waiting for the N and the R…. I have no idea what they were talking about with this “extended to the Jamaica-179th Street F station” silliness, unless it was running in two parts.

]]> By: Working Class http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/05/22/china-transit-investment-and-weekend-service-advisories/#comment-61187 Working Class Sun, 24 May 2009 15:55:42 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2972#comment-61187 A track chip out is when they take up the tracks and chip out all of the concrete road bed to completely replace it. A track chip out is when they take up the tracks and chip out all of the concrete road bed to completely replace it.

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/05/22/china-transit-investment-and-weekend-service-advisories/#comment-61183 rhywun Sun, 24 May 2009 01:27:33 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2972#comment-61183 I wonder what a "track chip out" is. And why it's causing the R to traverse the region of said "chip out" overnight rather than being it's usual stubby shuttle. Guess I'll find out later when I attempt to take it home. I wonder what a “track chip out” is. And why it’s causing the R to traverse the region of said “chip out” overnight rather than being it’s usual stubby shuttle. Guess I’ll find out later when I attempt to take it home.

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/05/22/china-transit-investment-and-weekend-service-advisories/#comment-61182 rhywun Sun, 24 May 2009 01:20:58 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2972#comment-61182 Except that China already HAS a rail network. The new spending is for high-speed rail. Except that China already HAS a rail network. The new spending is for high-speed rail.

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