What's Capacity Got to Do With It?

An interesting blog post about the importance of the NY subway in terms of capacity in moving people.

 
 

At best, it would take 167 inbound lanes, or 42 copies of the Queens Midtown Tunnel, to carry what the NYC Subway carries over 22 inbound tracks through 12 tunnels and 2 (partial) bridges. At worst, 200 new copies of 5th Avenue. Somewhere in the middle would be 67 West Side Highways or 76 Brooklyn Bridges. And this neglects the Long Island Railroad, Metro North, NJ Transit, and PATH systems entirely.

 
 

 
 

http://frumin.net/ation/2009/08/whats_capacity_go_to_do_with_m.html