Your L-Train Woes Are Far From Over
At peak hours on the L line, it’s not unusual to have to let a few packed trains pass you by before you can squeeze through the doors. The MTA keeps saying that computerized trains will solve all our problems, but a report released yesterday indicates otherwise: The L will maintain its sardine-can atmosphere until…
At peak hours on the L line, it’s not unusual to have to let a few packed trains pass you by before you can squeeze through the doors. The MTA keeps saying that computerized trains will solve all our problems, but a report released yesterday indicates otherwise: The L will maintain its sardine-can atmosphere until 2010, when those high-tech trains are finally up and running. At that point, the MTA will be able to run as many as 26 trains per hour during peak transit times, or one every 2 minutes 18 seconds (right now it’s running about half that). But if young whippersnappers continue their mass migration to Williamsburg and Bushwick over the next three years, we’re not sure those extra trains will even make a dent. If you live on the L line, what’s your rush-hour commute like?
For Less Crowding on L Train, Think 2010 [NY Times]
Photo by japanski.
I get on at the Dekalb stop at 8:45 and always get a seat!
I take the B61 to the L to the 4/5 and finally to the 6 to get to my UES job everyday. Things are bearable most days but some days it seems like the L trains decidedly run on a half-schedule. Just 10 minutes btwn trains at 8 AM can take half an hour to recover.
COme to the JMZ… Cypress Hills is a great spot to live. There is so much potential.
The JMZ is the future!
I’ve given up on the L as a way to get into work during rush hour. I live in Greenpoint, just on the border, and it’s .75 miles to Bedford. There I would have to wait at least 3 trains before jamming myself into one, take it to the end of the line, climb three staircases and hike to the A/C/E. Two stops to Canal on the express line.
Compare that to taking the G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn, cross-platform transfer to the A or the C, 5 stops to Canal. I get a seat on the G and even sometimes the connecting train.
The G is the superior commute right now.
It’s not just the L. Try taking the F train! any time of the day, especially during rush hour… skipped stops, express stops, people cramming in the tube instead of waiting for a less crowded one… not to mentione the numerous subway “performers” who feel it;s appropriate to play an instrument at 6pm on a packed train, and push their way through everyone beggin for a quarter. Bitter, yes I am. Not to mention the guy who reeked of fresh poop on my car this morning!