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Old 11-22-2021, 05:53 AM
 
Location: Northeast states
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It does take time for transit projects. I remember recovery act funds that took easily six or so years to reach fruition. Rail trails and bike paths can also be on the agenda. I don't know why this happened in Enfield. Although I can understand frustration some people don't "get it".
https://patch.com/connecticut/enfiel...ouncil-meeting

Transit planning is pretty complicated. You already have established roads but populations can shift and ridership can change. Advertising is hardly anything for revenue and then the time it takes to get anything done. Sometimes I've seen good planning like TOD on the hartford line but other times bad planning like three commuter rail stops in a city (Brockton Ma). I think any expansion of the number of rail cars is going to be pretty hard. At this point I'd argue for passenger there's maybe six global qualified companies and most probably already have orders. As fleets continue to be replaced smaller lines might take longer to be replaced.
How Japan, South Korea, Norway finish rail projects quicker than CT ?
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Old 11-22-2021, 06:34 AM
 
Location: USA
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How Japan, South Korea, Norway finish rail projects quicker than CT ?
Easier to get things done in smaller countries. Norway's headcount is CT and RI combined. Tiny.
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Old 11-22-2021, 11:09 AM
 
Location: Connecticut
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How Japan, South Korea, Norway finish rail projects quicker than CT ?
They don’t. People see construction and think that’s all that is involved but forget there are years planning and designing the project before that construction starts. And that construction time is really no faster. Jay
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Old 11-22-2021, 01:50 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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So the Reason Foundation ranks Connecticut’s highways 31st in the nation for overall cost effectiveness and condition. It ranks better than neighboring or nearby states including New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and even Massachusetts. It seems that cost is a significant part of the ranking so it’s pretty hard for any state in the northeast to rank higher, especially stables with extensive urban areas. Do you agree? Jay

https://reason.org/policy-study/26th...t/connecticut/
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Old 11-22-2021, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Jim Cameron, the long respected transportation advocate, believes our state is about to make history with the greatest investment in transportation in decades. I think he may be correct. Jay

https://ctmirror.org/category/ct-vie...k-is-underway/
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Old 11-22-2021, 02:02 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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There has been a lot of complaints of the drop in service on Metro North’s New Haven line particularly since the pandemic but apparently the same thing is happening on other Metro North and MTA rail lines. Jay

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/202...ys/8657020002/
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Old 11-22-2021, 05:28 PM
 
Location: In the heights
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Metro-North just passed the 130K weekday (non-holiday) average mark last week with last week's weekday average of about ~132K riders with a low of 127K and a high of 137K. Still a long way to go, and we haven't yet seen a high of 140K though we've been close, but it's pretty obvious that ridership didn't crest in Q3 of this year. It's too bad they still haven't brought back morning rush hour trains.

https://new.mta.info/coronavirus/ridership


Friday, 11/19/21
127,100
-53%
Thursday, 11/18/21
132,600
-49%
Wednesday, 11/17/21
131,100
-49%
Tuesday, 11/16/21
137,200
-47%
Monday, 11/15/21
132,200
-50%
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Old 11-23-2021, 09:48 AM
 
Location: Coastal Connecticut
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Jim Cameron, the long respected transportation advocate, believes our state is about to make history with the greatest investment in transportation in decades. I think he may be correct. Jay

https://ctmirror.org/category/ct-vie...k-is-underway/
That sort of paints a dire picture.
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Old 11-23-2021, 10:30 AM
 
Location: Fairfield
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That sort of paints a dire picture.
Yea, after reading it that casts much more of a negative rather than positive picture.
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Old 11-23-2021, 12:32 PM
 
Location: In the heights
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That sort of paints a dire picture.

Yea, there's a lot of uncertainty. What would ideally happen with this cash infusion and lower ridership are capital improvements that allow for greater throughput per dollar spent. This would be things like having SLE run electrified trains with the new M8s and then having its consists moved over to the Hartford Line so the MBTA trains can be returned, working on grade separation where possible, doing continuous weld on tracks, changing the payment system and having some automation to be less personnel intensive, running higher all-day frequencies so that they're usable for more than just peak hourus, and maybe some alignment changes or station reconstruction like not having that odd bit where express trains need to move on to local tracks in Bridgeport.
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