Further analyses suggest that the Canal Street corridor is a top-10 work destination for Sea Beach riders, but not for Brighton line riders to me, this suggests that current N train service along the Sea Beach line provides a sort of lifeline for the various Asian populations in the city. Interestingly, Forest Hills makes the top 50 for the Brighton line, while Flushing and Bayside make the top 50 for the Sea Beach line (Flushing also makes the top 50 for the West End line) Flushing and Bayside – along with some neighborhoods along the Sea Beach line – have large Asian populations. Some local destinations, such as Maimonides Health and other businesses near the West End line, also stand out. Top 50 work destinations for the census tracts surrounding the West End line.Īs expected, Midtown, Lower Manhattan, and Downtown Brooklyn stand out to varying degrees as top work destinations, as does Industry City and Williamsburg near Marcy Avenue station. Second, they don’t account for leisure travel patterns. They do not paint a complete picture of travel patterns – for example, they don’t account for residents who begin their travels from points beyond these census tracts.
First, these are narrow-sense analyses of work destinations by census tract. Before I present the results, please note two important caveats. I examined the top 50 work destinations among residents living near the Brighton, Sea Beach, and West End lines. As this survey is now 18 years old, I turned to OnTheMap for a second look using the latest available data (2019). Of course, one must weigh this against 4th Avenue riders’ preferences. If Brighton line riders still prefer Broadway today, then the B/N swap works in their favor. The B/N swap also removes conflicts between the Broadway and 6th Avenue lines in Brooklyn.īack in 2004, the MTA surveyed Brighton line riders about their travel preferences and they picked Broadway over 6th Avenue by a near 2-to-1 ratio. Option 2 sends the B to Coney Island via 4th Avenue express and Sea Beach, while the N replaces the B as the Brighton express to Brighton Beach. Modified track map showing the B/N swap, which also eliminates all merging conflicts.
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