L train serving Williamsburg

MTA is trying to increase frequencies and update the signaling so trains can be spaced closer, but the only true way to supply enough trains for WB growth would be upgrade the whole track to express/local service (or at least to the first 5 stations starting at Bedford). Unfortunately it's very low priority on MTA's list (compared to the chaos on 2nd Ave).

the market will eventually correct itself. once people realize the L-train is at capacity, they'll buy/rent elsewhere. WB is not the only place to be hip.

Check the MTA website & see who to contact. The squeaky wheel, remember?

Which makes it mind-bogglingly stupid that the MTA is planning (I think) on building a 2-track line on Second Avenue. At one point in the past, it was supposed to be a 6-track line, with superexpresses to Queens and the Bronx.

avenue is narrow.....u can always solve by over-laying tracks... local service closer to street level, with express tracks immediately beneath them ... kinda like how 6th Ave carries F/V local, then B/D express, then PATH

and use the layout like 42nd St Port Authority A/C/E stop of having the uptown and downtown platform not side-by-side if case the express stop intersections are not wide enough.

Is 2nd Ave any narrower than Lex, which has 4-track service?

The L train can be your best friend or worse enemy :-) depends on the day. I get on Graham and some trains even on graham that come from Carnasie are already packed. I wonder where it starts getting pack. Jefferson? Montrose? Grand?

BTW how much better is the G? It used to be very unreliable

The G line still suxx! Why don't they increase the frequency of that train???

"The G line still suxx! Why don't they increase the frequency of that train???"

it's a chicken-n-egg problem. MTA wont increase frequency until the ridership demand increases, and people dont wanna live along a G-only stop until there's better subway access.

only major events will trigger the change. one scenario is like the rapid gentrification of Northwestern williamsburg that popularizes the L-train overnight....

...or something like the construction of the AirTrain JFK, which increases the value of Queens Boulevard tremendously - those at Roosevelt Ave/Jackson Heights and at 71st Ave/Forest Hills went up a lot due to express service to both Manhattan and convenient all-rail access to JFK airport...how much better can you get =)