West Side High Line

Was any thought ever given to making the High Line into an el to serve the
West Side? Now that the 7 will be extended to Javits, it would seem to make
sense.

willie

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 01:50:53 GMT, "William S. Heck" <wheck@nyc.>
wrote:

>Was any thought ever given to making the High Line into an el to serve the
>West Side? Now that the 7 will be extended to Javits, it would seem to make
>sense.

I, for one, thought about it, but I have as much influence on transit
planning as you do :)

--
Peter Schleifer
"Save me from the people who would save me from myself"

Steven M. O'Neill wrote:
>
> <dougwill2001m> wrote:
> >> But we also need two crosstown highways: if you don't want 42St &
> >> 34St, try like 14 St & 50 St. Moses made a lot of mistakes (clogging
> >> up the Flushing river so it stinks is one) but his other mistake was
> >> not fighting hard enough for cross-town highways. Our lack of them
> >> makes us downright third world and would greatly reduce smog &
> >> traffic.
> >
> >They'd have to go underground --- deep underground.
>
> Great idea. They can be accessed by elevators, to avoid those
> nasty neighborhood-ruining ramps!

They could be on a continuously-running belt, like an escalator for cars
-- as each cubbyhole drifts past, a car drives in, and when it gets to
the bottom, it drives out.

It would be a good way to catch drunk drivers, too.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net