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Not sure I can provide a citation, sorry. In practice almost nobody uses the second set of doors or waits in the middle level - once one person decides to wait upstairs or on the staircase, they block everyone else on that level, and at that point people just zipper merge out the near door.

Surely that's how it would actually be operated... just harder to illustrate that it would be a peak express then.

They're feasible, sure, but the dwell times with the MLVs are very high. At least with BLVs everyone can gather on the lower level, on the MLVs people are waiting by the stairs. They're an awkward solution to an unusual problem (an existing high-platform system with tight number-of-train limits in t...

We're discussing housing right next to Somerville station on a dirt lot. Your points 1, 2, 3, and 4 are invalid in this context... and given that the demand is there, the options are for prices to skyrocket or housing to be built, this is just about the best possible place to do it at this price poi...

You are the one making the claim, the onus is on you to cite it. I'm not saying whether I think the number is higher or lower just think your claim is peanut butter unless you cite it.

Has anyone used data in any of this Covid policy making?...... The bulk of people riding are going to ride either way. They have to get to work one way or another, and I don't think masks or no masks are going to influence their mode of travel. People who wouldn't ride before because of masks or pe...

do you have any data to suggest the ratio is 1:1?

This makes no sense. The whole point of MLVs is that they pack as many passengers into a single North River Tunnel window as possible. In every other respect, they are not ideal - slow boarding and deboarding, low passenger comfort, probably more difficult for the conductors, expensive custom design...

That's certainly one way to treat the mods!

The Trenton schedule is a massive upgrade. Right now NJT trains arrive at :45-:49 and depart at :57-:59, so :45 departures and :56 arrivals guarantee a missed connection in Trenton and an hours' wait (remember the northbound connection is up and over, so a little more time is needed). This is a very...

You can't accurately say a stop at Willets Point serves Manhattan travelers when it is slower than existing modes of transport like the Q70.

It's pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. I think the options are pretty good - and much better than anything in the old station. Probably some people will complain about the prices. The passage to Ninth Avenue is also open though it lets you out mid-block and there's no way to cross over in...

According to "the Pioneer Institute" - a quick Google search will make it clear that they might not have the best interests of urban transportation infrastructure at heart.

A local and express simultaneously arriving can also be handled by having the express arrive on the inbound platform.

How did we get onto this topic?

"linear feet" emphasizes we are not talking about square feet (yes, obvious if you know what wire is)