By Ryan Schwach<\/p>\n
The MTA says it needs to make changes to two Queens stations in order to address major bottleneck issues centered in Brooklyn. <\/p>\n
The Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard and Jamaica Center-Parsons Boulevard Stations are included in a report the MTA released on Wednesday detailing its plans to fix two massive bottlenecks holding up the city\u2019s train service.<\/p>\n
Both stations serve as a terminus, making them the starting point for delays, the MTA said. <\/p>\n
The Astoria-Ditmars stop is the terminus of the N and W lines in Queens, and the large Jamaica Center-Parsons Blvd. is the eastern end of the E line. <\/p>\n
Terminals can be where issues begin for train routes, with slow moving trains potentially contributing to the main bottlenecks the MTA wants to address at DeKalb Avenue and the Nostrand Junction in Brooklyn. <\/p>\n
\u201cTrack layout of some of our terminals forces trains to slowly enter and leave, limiting the terminal\u2019s capacity,\u201d the report read. <\/p>\n
The report cited Jamaica and Astoria as having \u201climited terminal capacity.\u201d <\/p>\n
The MTA lists the Astoria project as having \u201chigh\u201d capital cost, and the Jamaica work as having \u201cmedium\u201d cost. <\/p>\n
Issues at both stations contribute to late arrivals for 11 to 20 trains on an average weekday. <\/p>\n
\u201cBy easing these constraints, we can reduce congestion around terminals and ensure that the trains leaving terminals are punctual\u2014helping ensure riders receive reliable service,\u201d the report read. \u201cIssues at terminals can potentially be fixed through operational changes, or with capital projects that upgrade track layouts to allow trains to enter and leave the terminal station faster.\u201d <\/p>\n
The MTA\u2019s report also listed potential projects at the Broad Channel, Howard Beach-JFK Airport, Forest Hills-71 Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard Stations, but did not cite them as priorities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ryan Schwach The MTA says it needs to make changes to two Queens stations in order to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-310099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}