Gothamist: Second Avenue Subway: The T Line

Trilby

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:50:15 -0500

It's kind of a shame that this first leg won't necessarily get East SIders where they want to go. It will meet up with the F at the 63rd street stop, and from there you can only go west. If it linked up with 59th Street that would be much better. In fact, the F (used to be Q) should have linked up at 59th instead of creating a new stop at 63rd. And by the way, does anyone know why city bus stops are arranged so that they are usually blocks away from subway stops? It is very inconvenient!

douglas

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:57:32 -0500

The Big Dig was hardly a catastrophe. When you dig underground, you never know what you will find, and it's expected that construction costs will escalate. But politicians need fall guys, and an expensive public construction project is a tantalizing candidate, so the Big Dig conveniently took the blame. But it is a boon to the city, in terms of quality of public life and even private investment. Just watch the real estate values along the former corridor go through the roof. This sort of infrastructure is a public investment, no doubt expensive, but it will be well worth the investment in the long-term.

Jimmy

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 01:37:44 -0500

"The new line's cost will be about $16.8 billion dollars." Ya right, remember the Big Dig? (bigdig.com)It started out as a 10.8 billion dollar project and quickly turned into a 14.6 billion dollar catastrophe (or possibly even more). During the peak of construction (1999 through 2002), about $3 million was spent each day. I think this line will cost WAY more than they anticipate -- which is probably why they're building it in sections rather than all at once, such a project would never be approved all at once.

Jeff D

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:15:21 -0500

So, wait... what happened to the other part of the 2nd ave line, further downtown? The part that was started ages ago, but ran out of money? What's going to happen to that?

Matthew :)

Tue, 27 Apr 2004 22:23:53 -0500

DC's Metro doesn't have columns, but the pillars for the platform air conditioning are handy for leaning purposes.

column quinn

Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:45:01 -0500

No columns? There would be nothing to hide behind if someone is shooting at you.

Striver

Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:29:10 -0500

No columns? What do you lean against while you're waiting?