Saturday, March 4, 2023

The LIRR's Ides Of March

NY Post

The MTA was warned a decade ago that the Long Island Rail Road’s Jamaica hub would be overwhelmed and face frequent commute meltdowns — like the ones commuters have been forced to endure all week, The Post has learned.

The dire prediction came in an analysis of the Jamaica, Queens station’s capacity, completed in 2012, that simulated service changes nearly identical to the one launched by the MTA this week to its new $11 billion terminal on the East Side of Manhattan and found it would overwhelm operations at the station.

“Evaluation of the new operation on the existing conditions indicates an inability of the current infrastructure to accommodate the higher volume of service during the morning peak period and evening westbound direction due to cascading delays,” the analysis determined.

The simulation showed trains arriving into Jamaica on-time 93% of the time under the then-current runs, even when encountering routine service disruptions, like a medical emergency on a platform or a mechanical problem with a train.

But the on-time percentage with the new service plummeted to just 72%, a 21% point drop, the analysis prepared by San Diego-based TranSystems Corporation determined.

The prophetic study found that the operational collapse occurred even if the MTA simplified the Jamaica operation by axing one-seat service from Long Island to Brooklyn and instead ran a shuttle to Atlantic Terminal — and even if officials axed timed transfers to boost station capacity by reducing the amount of time trains spend parked at the platforms.

A key fix, the analysis determined, was to replace the low-speed switches that run through Jamaica Station — which limit trains to just 15 mph — with more modern systems that allow trains to run at 30 mph or faster.

MTA officials approved spending $85 million to do just that in 2020 — some eight years after the engineering report was completed. That project is not expected to be completed until December 2027.

It does not appear that the MTA ever made the analysis public, but it was heavily excerpted in an academic article that the firm subsequently prepared, which was published in 2014.

 

32 comments:

Anonymous said...

So much for "Everyone is working from home".

Anonymous said...

I thought TrumpTurd fixed all of this?

Anonymous said...

The Money Taking Agency is a big disgrace and discredit to the hard working tax payers !

Anonymous said...

You're talking about Woke New York, the state with the least common sense in the country.

Anonymous said...

Totally useless and helpless. And it's not like they didn't know this was coming.

Anonymous said...

Can we blame Climate change ?

Anonymous said...

Lol! Keep voting democrat libs

Anonymous said...

Screw the New York Metro transit system. It's more important to get rid of natural gas in homes and gasoline powered cars! Bikes for everyone...

Anonymous said...

Had enough Sheeple ?

Anonymous said...

Thank you Gov

Anonymous said...

Owned by the state, operated by the unions. What could go wrong?
The efficiency of NY government agencies never ceases to amaze.
May I add it's almost impossible to get a days worth of work out of anyone under 40 unless they served in the military.

Anonymous said...

I'd rather ride a tricycle all the way out to Montauk than go two stops on the Sardine Express.

Anonymous said...

Dashing Commuters like the old logo of the LIRR called “Dashing Dan” !

Anonymous said...

What does the Clown governor care she flies around in the helicopters at my expense. What a bum!

Anonymous said...

Quick fix, bring back Bar Cars!

Anonymous said...

NY, NJ and PA you get what you keep voting in.

Anonymous said...

The same city that builds $5 million public toilets.

Anonymous said...

The race to the bottom.

Anonymous said...

TrumpTurd said...
Nice going Brandon voters.

Anonymous said...

The MTA, DOT, CUNY, HHC and DOE Should be privatized to a open market economy.

Anonymous said...

Perfect time to hit the Sheeple with a new larger commuter tax ! LOL...

Anonymous said...

They need the Atlantic-Avenue (Barclays) to Wall Street tunnel, maybe even to Jersey City an, in the other direction, Stranded Island..

Anonymous said...

Too much fun for me to handel. Watching this gigantic cluster fuck from the Great Free State of Florida and loving it. Time for another pickle ball game, peace out...

Anonymous said...

Here in the great Swamp of Florida, we don’t need trains. My workplace is just across the bayou right next to a nest of nasty skeeters. My cousin is the boss, so I can be late every morning when I gotta fix a leak in my trailer. Come to think of it, the boss is my wife’s cousin too. Now, that’s what I call a real coincidence. I wonder if Gov. Meatball has any law against thot? Say, do I have to register with Gov. Meatball just to post this?

Anonymous said...

I'm shocked they didn't blame Russia for this.

Anonymous said...

TRUMP train aint got no brakes, patriots around the world uniting against UN-supervillains.

Anonymous said...

@"Too much fun for me to handel. Watching this gigantic cluster fuck from the Great Free State of Florida and loving it. Time for another pickle ball game, peace out..."

Obviously nothing happening down there, otherwise you wouldn't be reading about Queens. I didn't realize you could play wheelchair pickleball in a swamp.

Anonymous said...

Hopefully this will keep annoying Long Islanders from coming this way.

Anonymous said...

Democrats created this problem !

Anonymous said...

Accountability is dead…and the same people will cry and moan when society collapses.

Anonymous said...

Keep voting DEMOCRAT

Anonymous said...

@"NY, NJ and PA you get what you keep voting in."

What are the good Sheeple of NY, NJ and PA voting in? Are they voting "in" their pajamas?

Just curious.

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