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EnemyOfEloquence t1_j9v4md0 wrote
Reply to comment by Unfamiliar_Word in SEPTA approves $125 million for KOP rail project’s final design by RoughRhinos
3 Billion for 10k riders is roughly $300k per rider lmao. I know that goes down over the years but...That's insane.
Subway to Manayunk instead please
fungi_blastbeat t1_j9v5qy4 wrote
Subway to Roxborough like the city originally intended. For Manayunk they should do the absolutely possible thing of turning the R6 into a metro line, like what's shown for the Reimagining regional rail scenario 2.
15 minute all day trains with trains that have at least 3 entrances, El style seating, and entrances that are platform level. Boom Manayunk elevated subway made.
EnemyOfEloquence t1_j9v6h8e wrote
God that would be amazing. Relying on 2 buses and biking is difficult as is. It would go a long way making Manayunk/Rox feel more apart of the city.
I don't even bother with the R6, it's so infrequent and costs double other methods. Plus lugging up and down a hill
fungi_blastbeat t1_j9v7tkz wrote
Word is that scenario 2 is by far the most popular plan based of polls septa has done.
When the R6 runs, you can get from Manayunk station to Market east in less then 20 minutes if there's no hold ups, and 25 with moderate hold ups.
That's on par with trolleys from deeper in west Philly getting to 13th st. Except the added benefit of 0 car traffic.
kilometr t1_j9z5ug6 wrote
I was at a SEPTA meeting a couple years ago and asked why can’t they connect the BSL to the R6, and possibly the two chestnut hill lines in north Philly through a new tunnel. They have the extra track north of walnut locust to handle increased transit down there.
A couple SEPTA workers were honest with me afterwards and said they have thought about that for decades but it would fought very strongly by locals to regional rail stations. There’s an increase in crime/loitering around subway stations in the city that you don’t get at regional rail stations. To convert such stations would involve so much pushback it won’t be an easy project. But on the other hand the amount of money and effort they’re putting into this it could’ve gotten it done if redirected.
rednib t1_j9ydqe3 wrote
Switching to metro style trains would be a game changer. I don't want to excuse these shitty developers who've destroyed manayunk & rox by overbuilding. But something needs to be done to address the 24/7 traffic cluster fuck there.
EnemyOfEloquence t1_ja5a5l2 wrote
And ruin the Green Lane Bridge morning Thunderdome?
NoWarButMyWar t1_j9w6qnl wrote
Should do the same thing with the inner burbs on the R5, would suck to have to potentially transfer if coming from say Malvern or Downingtown but ridership would improve where MOST riders live.
fungi_blastbeat t1_j9w73qz wrote
Well for scenario 2 they're doing part of the R5 from Radnor to CC as 15 min.
Here's all the lines that would be covered by scenario 2.
Nexis4Jersey t1_j9xocdh wrote
If the Ivy Ridge Branch was never abandoned then it would be easy to convert part of the R6 into a Metro but it would better to just run service every 15mins which possible now. But converting without the Ivy Ridge Branch would cancel any restoration of service to Reading, and I doubt people coming from the outer suburbs/422 corridor would want to transfer to a Metro.
fungi_blastbeat t1_j9ynj7d wrote
No offense to outer suburbs but fuck them. People who live in Philadelphia which starting from Ivy ridge down should have priority.
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