Comments on: Second Ave. station entrance sagas hit 96th St.

By: Along 2nd Ave., more complaints about auxiliary buildings :: Second Ave. Sagas

Along 2nd Ave., more complaints about auxiliary buildings :: Second Ave. Sagas — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:16:06 +0000

[...] Second Ave., they’ve faced their fair share of complaints as Upper East Siders have bemoaned entrances at 96th St. and 72nd St. as well as ventilation structures up and down the avenue. Yet again, the auxiliary [...]

By: Justin Samuels

Justin Samuels — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:02:01 +0000

The subway in LA is ridiculously short and doesn’t serve most areas, not even most well to do white areas. Overall, rich people there don’t take the subway, they DRIVE. LA doesn’t have good public transportation. It can take hours just to go a short distance.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:27:47 +0000

“in Singapore, the subway is fully acceptable…” should read “the subway is fully accessible.”

English word usage fail.

Sorry.

By: rhywun

rhywun — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:51:44 +0000

I think it’s not at all inconceivable that our local and state governments might just be seven times more corrupt than any of these other places.

By: Nathanael

Nathanael — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:13:57 +0000

At the very worst it would seem they would need to build a pedestrian tunnel through the basements of the properties on the block containing “Ancillary 2″. Is this impossible?

By: Nathanael

Nathanael — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:12:10 +0000

WAIT A SEC. They’re building an “ancillary building” north of 96th Street. That means they’re doing serious digging north of 96th Street already!

Why can’t they build an entrance in the ancillary building (combine the two)? Why NOT?

This smells wrong.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:47:59 +0000

They have disability regulations in other developed countries, too. For example, in Singapore, the subway is fully acceptable but for one station. And yet, all those countries, with unions and high wages and labor regulations, manage to build subways for one seventh to one third the cost of SAS.

By: rhywun

rhywun — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:16:32 +0000

Yawn. My home stop also forces me to cross the avenue–the station entrances are on the north side only. Big deal.

As for the awkward placement of many of these station entrances, we have the ADA to thank for that. I’m not against it, but it and the many other regulations that have arisen in recent decades certainly contribute to skyrocketing costs and endless delays.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:17:42 +0000

I think you’re the first person who’s characterizing the Soviet Union as a state that listened to community organizations too much.

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:51:15 +0000

What we do need is to build the new subway line as soon as possible. All this talk about “discrimination”, when the reasons for the lack of entrance are purely logical/technical is ridiculous. Everyone will win from having the new line operational. Actually, there are quite a few white people living around 96th-98th Street nowadays, especially on the 1st avenue. Comments by Alon Levy for this articles reminds me of my childhood in the Soviet Union. They were always trying to do something that is fair to everyone, that is “just” on every level, and that’s why many projects were taking 20 to 30 years to build.