I’ve had a bunch of browser tabs open for a while, and I haven’t had a chance to write them up all. So I’ll leave ’em all here. Enjoy the weekend reading.
La Guardia gets a facelift
New York’s ugliest and most maligned airport is getting a makeover. As Crain’s New York reported a few weeks ago, the airport’s main terminal will get a multi-billion-dollar renovation that will expand available space by over 500,000 square feet. The project is expected to wrap in 2021 and will see the terminal move closer to the Grand Central Parkway. Considering the money spent and attention paid, now would be a great time to take a second look at rail access for the airport, but it hasn’t been a part of the discussion yet.
The price of parking
A few weeks ago, a parking spot in a Park Slope garage around the corner from my apartment sold for $80,000. This is the highest sale in the Garage Condominium, a 30-year-old parking coop in a neighborhood short on parking. The price per square foot is in line with other real estate sales in the area, and it certainly makes me question the idea of free on-street parking.
Transit Maps: Schematic vs. To-Scale representations
Here is a fun website that compares transit maps to the geographic reality. I’ve discussed this topic quite a bit over the years, and here, you’ll see the differences between schematic maps and those that graft transit systems over the street-level geography. The London comp is quite dramatic, and here’s New York.
Meanwhile, onto the service advisories:
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, downtown 1 trains run express from 14th Street to Chambers Street due to cable work for vent plant repairs at Mulry Square.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, August 24, from 11:45 p.m. Saturday, August 24 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, August 25, and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, August 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, downtown 2 trains run express from 14th Street to Chamber Street due to cable work for vent plat repairs at Mulry Square.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, August 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, uptown 4 trains run local from Grand Central-42nd Street to 125th Street due to track tie renewal north of 125th Street and track maintenance south of 138th Street-3rd Avenue.
From 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Saturday, August 24 and from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Sunday, August 25, 5 trains run every 20 minutes between Dyre Avenue and Bowling Green due to track tie renewal north of 125th Street and track maintenance south of 138th Street-3rd Avenue. Uptown 5 trains run local from Grand Central-42nd Street to 125th Street.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, August 24 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, 6 service operates in two sections due to track tie renewal north of 125th Street and track maintenance south of 138th Street-3rd Avenue:
- Between Pelham Bay Park and 125th Street
- Between 125th Street and Brooklyn Bridge
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, Manhattan-bound 6 trains run express from Hunts Point Avenue to 3rd Avenue-138th Street due to track tie renewal north of 125th Street and track maintenance south of 138th Street-3rd Avenue.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, August 24, from 11:45 p.m. Saturday, August 24 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, August 25, and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, August 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, uptown A trains run express from Canal Street to 59th Street-Columbus Circle due to switch renewal north of 42nd Street-Port Authority and track tie renewal at Canal Street.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, there is no A train service at Fulton Street due to paint and lead abatement at Fulton Street.
- There are no transfers between 2/3 and 4/5 service at Fulton Street.
- Customers should use nearby Chambers Street AC station instead.
- Customers may transfer between 23 and 4 trains at Nevins Street.
- Customers may transfer between 23 and AC trains at Park Place/Chambers Street.
From 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25, uptown C trains run express from Canal Street to 59th Street-Columbus Circle due to switch renewal north of 42nd Street-Port Authority and track tie renewal at Canal Street.
From 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25, there is no C train service at Fulton Street due to paint and lead abatement at Fulton Street.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, August 24, from 11:45 p.m. Saturday, August 24 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, August 25, and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, August 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, Coney Island-bound D trains skip DeKalb Avenue and run express from Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center to 36th Street due to rail renewal at Union Street.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, August 24, from 11:45 p.m. Saturday, August 24 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, August 25, and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, August 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, Manhattan-bound E trains run express from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue due to signal modernization at Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, Jamaica Center-bound E trains are rerouted via the F line from 2nd Avenue to 47th-50th Sts due to switch renewal north of 42nd Street-Port Authority and track tie renewal at Canal Street.
- No E trains between World Trade Center and West 4th Street. Customers should take the A or C instead.
- For E stations between West 4th Street and 50th Street, customers may use the A local or the C. Transfer between trains at West 4th Street.
- For 7th Avenue, customers may use the D; transfer between trains at West 4th Street.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, Manhattan-bound E trains skip Van Wyck Blvd and 75th Avenue due to signal modernization at Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike.
From 9:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, Jamaica-bound F trains are rerouted via the M line from 47th-50th Sts to Queens Plaza due to station work at Lexington Avenue-63rd Street for Second Avenue Subway project.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, Coney Island-bound F trains skip Sutphin Blvd , Van Wyck Blvd and 75th Avenue, due to signal modernization at Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, there is no G train service between Court Square and Nassau Avenue. G trains operate between Nassau Avenue and Church Avenue. There is no G service at Greenpoint Avenue, 21st Street and Court Square.
Free shuttle buses operate on two routes:
- Via Manhattan Avenue between Nassau Avenue G and Court Square
- Via McGuinness Blvd between Lorimer Street L and Court Square
Customers may transfer between:
- G trains and shuttle buses at Nassau Avenue
- L trains and shuttle buses at Lorimer Street
- E and 7 trains and shuttle buses at Court Square
From 3:45 a.m. Saturday, August 24 to 10 p.m. Sunday, August 25, Jamaica Center-bound J trains run express from Myrtle Avenue to Broadway Junction due to track panel installation at Kosciusko Street.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, there is no L train service between 8th Avenue and 14th Street-Union Square due to replacement of corroded steel column south of 6th Avenue. L trains operate between 14th Street-Union Square and Rockaway Parkway. M14 buses provide alternate service.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, M service is suspended due to station renewal work between Fresh Pond Road and Central Avenue. Free shuttle buses operate between Metropolitan Avenue and Myrtle Avenue, making all station stops.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, August 24, from 11:45 p.m. Saturday, August 24 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, August 25, and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, August 25 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, Coney Island-bound N trains skip DeKalb Avenue and run express from Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center to 36th Street due to track tie renewal at Union Street.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26, Coney Island-bound N trains skip 30th Avenue, Broadway, 36th Avenue and 39th Avenue due to station painting at 30th Avenue.
From 10:45 p.m. Friday, August 23 to 5 a.m. Monday, August 26 57th Street/7th Avenue-bound Q trains run express from Kings Highway to Newkirk Plaza due to station component work at Parkside Avenue, Beverley Road and Cortelyou Road. Note: At all times until December 2013, Manhattan-bound Q platforms at Cortelyou Road, Beverley Road and Parkside Avenue are closed for station component work.
From 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25, Manhattan-bound R trains run express from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue due signal modernization at Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike.
From 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25, Bay Ridge-bound R trains skip DeKalb Avenue and run express from Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center to 36th Street due to rail renewal north of Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center and track tie renewal at Union Street.
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The 6 is actually running between 149-Grand Concourse and Brooklyn Bridge in one of its sections. Despite the 4 running on the local track after midnight tonight, I don’t think they got the memo that they were supposed to be making local stops. The countdown clock said it would be local, but no.
There is no ” free on street parking ” anywhere.
Drivers pay plenty of taxes that are used to maintain the streets and roads.
This is a divisive canard, that only serves to divide ” car people ” from mass transit advocates.
I drive ( not much, but I do drive ) and I am a fierce advocate of both mass transit and of making the city bike friendly, which it still isn’t by a long shot.
All three groups can and must coexist if we are to make NYC more livable in the future. It can’t be either /or.
The government is letting a highly demanded resource be used for free, essentially allocating it the most inefficient way possible while ignoring a potential revenue stream. Eliminating most free on-street parking would allocate limited parking much more efficiently (through variable pricing) while generating funds that can be used to expand transit options for those unable to afford automobiles.
Your taxes might pay to maintain the asphalt over a parking space, but if said parking space is free in highly trafficked area, most times you won’t be able to use that space because it will always be occupied. Pricing can ensure that there is (almost) always an available space on every block, assuming you are willing to pay the market price to use that space.
Lastly free parking has negative externalities that cost society time and money. Pollution from idling & circling the block, as well as wasted time and money from increased congestion. These are real costs that are pushed onto society by drivers. You certainly don’t pay for your (the driver’s) fair share of those externalities through taxes. Pricing can eliminate or greatly reduce those externalities.
if there is enough money to build the SAS and 7 train expansion along with the east side upzoning, there should be more than enough money to build more transit in queens and brooklyn without new taxes
The SAS and 7 Line Extension are so expensive that they’re soaking up all the money that the MTA has to offer. Unless you somehow come up with a new source of money, there is no money for more expansions.
City streets are maintained through the city’s general fund. Drivers pay no more than non-drivers for their maintenance, and the opportunity cost of the space they consume is borne by all alike.
But that’s entirely beside the point that failing to price a highly limited resource is not often the best way to manage it.
most car owners i know take the train to work. if you take away “free” street parking for cars, same needs to be done for bikes. only fair
no
Bikes are more space efficient, don’t require an extremely expensive fuel infrastructure that poses a national security risk, and also don’t wear down a road as much as automobiles do. You can also chain a bike to pretty much any street furniture, so it’s unclear how you would charge a fee for the bike on a rack vs the bike chained to a street sign.
Hey ben, im going to catch a flight @la guardia tomorrow. Will they be doing construction?
If I recall correctly, the parking spot in question was on the market for quite some time. I remember seeing the listing for it over and over again while searching for my apartment. If it’s a co-op/condo-like deal, then maybe there’s the same approval process as with an apartment (I truly don’t know as I don’t have a car nor stay up with garage real estate).
There’s a parking spot in my building for sale, asking $64,000. But I imagine it’s only available to co-op shareholders.