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This subpage is my list of bus and railroad-related projects so far. It will be expanded whenever I write a new page, or when I have a new idea for a project to work on.

Articles I've Created

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Some of these were totally new, while many of them were just redirects that I turned into articles.

Articles that I am especially proud of are in BOLD

Long Island Rail Road

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These articles have almost no information, and should be expanded when possible. These are all stubs, or were later merged into other articles. Proper citations should be used, and archives should be consulted for more information. There are copyright violations. I was a younger and less experienced editor then. If you can help edit them, it would be appreciated.

New York City Subway

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Staten Island Railway

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Articles that I have helped with to achieve Good Article status

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I have worked with on some of these articles with Epicgenius and Tdorante10 to make them Good Articles. Their work, and my work, is not necessarily only on the Good Article review process, but in preparing for the GAN. I have not nominated all of these articles. I also thank Epicgenius for the DYK nominations that he has done for several of these articles. Following the practice of Tdorante10, the articles that I am especially proud of are in BOLD. I will go back through these articles to address issues that should have been corrected in the GAR process, such as the use of ALLCAPS in citations, the use of SPS in limited applications, the incorrect use of citeweb for newspaper articles, lack of citations in infoboxes, missing issn, and url-access parameters, and other issues. Articles that need to be cleaned up to maintain GA status are underlined.

Long Island Rail Road

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Metro-North Railroad

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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New York City Bus

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  • MTA Bus Time — Work of Tdorante10; Epicgenius helped with the review

Routes

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New York City Subway

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Lines

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Services

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Stations

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Expansion

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Staten Island Railway

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Streetcars

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Articles I have added a good amount to or rewritten–not including GA or articles created (see above)

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Staten Island Railway

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Long Island Rail Road

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Metro-North Railroad

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New York City Subway

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Lines

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Subway cars

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Stations

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Various station articles, adding references and updating them based on changes in service patterns.

Articles that I want to become Good Articles

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Some of these articles would require little work to be done, but others would need historical information filled in or would require additional references. Some are very close to being GA quality and therefore I will/have nominated them to push them over the edge, for others it is clear what needs to be done (better sources, additional historical information), and for others, they will complete a set of articles (like stations on the IND Queens Boulevard Line).

New Jersey

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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Staten Island Railway

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Metro-North Railroad

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Long Island Rail Road

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Lines

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Buses

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Routes

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New York City Subway

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Lines

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Services

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Subway Cars

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Stations

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Things to do

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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Create the following article:

Staten Island Railway

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Create the following articles

New York City Subway

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Create articles for all closed subway/elevated stations

Correct dates of the openings of subway stations (BMT Brighton Line), and add references to the articles as many don't have any.

  • Add information on design of stations-tiling, dimensions-platform length/width, materials used, mezzanine descriptions, information on the station's construction, location of station-when it was chosen, platform extensions, station renovations, changes to stations, impact on adjacent neighborhood-development/street changes, fare control areas/token booth(s), changes in ridership

Create the following articles:

Add information on the line articles; expand them and put in credible sources

Expand New York City Transit fares

  • Add information on historic transfer policies, fare policies, impact of rates of fares (5 cent fare), opposition to fare hikes,

Improve station complex articles such as:

  • Canal Street (New York City Subway)
  • 59th Street–Columbus Circle station — Add IRT history-platform extensions, proposal to convert to an express stop; IND history-center platform; construction of the station; Coliseum proposals to rebuild station with funding; closure of underpass, entrances; service history, add information on interlocking; connection of stations-free transfer

Major rewrite of the elevated line articles-add historical information-newspaper clippings/books

Expand:

  • 60th Street Tunnel Connection
  • Early history of the IRT subway
    • More information on design of the IRT, route selection, station spacing, tunnel-construction type, length of stations, signaling, infrastructure-i.e. tracks, width of trains/tunnels, tunnel design-no catwalks initially
  • Independent Subway System
    • Route selection-compete, parallel the BMT/IRT, no transfer connections/avoiding i.e. Downtown Brooklyn/Crosstown,
    • Design-flying junctions, straight lines, subtle curves-i.e. 53rd Street, huge stations 600-660 feet long, i.e. passage between 34th and 42nd, signal design, 60 foot cars, large mezzanines, many entrances
    • Cost of construction/delays, difficulty of construction
    • Impact on surrounding areas, creation of streets/widening for construction, what was done with extra land
    • Holding back of opening of 8th Avenue Line to find an operator-decision for city to operate it
  • New York City Subway rolling stock
    • Change in how railcars are designed-history section, i.e. materials (steel, wooden, etc.), changes in design-seating layout, strength, evolution, door placement, propulsion/braking-decision-making, i.e. 67 vs. 60 feet, width, top speeds
  • Signaling of the New York City Subway
    • Add information on timer signals/changes in the 80s/90s that led to accidents, information on signal modernization/changes, IDENTRA
    • Installation of signaling-changes in signaling design-installation local tracks IRT, later expansion to other locations-express tracks
    • Information on block lengths, changes made to it, impacts on capacity
  • BRT history
    • Buying of different rail companies-information on those companies, purchases, why they were purchased, how they were integrated, improved-grade-separated, stations upgraded, service improved, electrified
  • Dual Contracts
    • Massive expansion to include impact on the creation of the city/development/zoning, growth of neighborhoods, streets built, etc.
    • Details of extensive negotiations, i.e. 722 miles, Peter Derrick
    • Physical description of changes, modifications, i.e. Myrtle Avenue Line, third track, additional staircases
    • Cost/progress on construction work, delays i.e. Nassau
    • Details of lines built-dimensions-height/width, type of construction-elevated-two vs. three track
    • Stop spacing on new lines, selection of route location, i.e. Flushing Line into cornfields, why other routes were not included
    • Impact on the finances of the IRT/BRT- bankrupting five cent fare after WWI inflation
  • Chrystie Street Connection
    • Proposals for the line, underuse of the Manhattan Bridge
    • Importance for the system-integration of the BMT/IND
    • Details of construction, changes track layout, station design
  • IRT Nostrand Avenue Line – With subway extension proposals, information on water infiltration problems at Newkirk/solution, station renovations-platform extensions with added exits
  • IND Crosstown Line — Information on route history, dating to BRT proposals, proposals for a Lafayette Avenue subway by the IRT/BRT, route alignment selection/station design-overbuilt, transfer connections, tons of exits; compete with other lines

Add information on design of subway stations-mezzanines, depth, stairway locations, tiling/mosaics

Add information on cost of line construction, property takings, proposed alternate routes,

Information on infrastructure of the subway-rail-regular/continuously welded, lighting of stations, substations, third rail, changes in signal design, pump rooms

Create additional bus articles

Redo

Create Bus routes in Queens article from List of bus routes in Queens, with expanded history section to form the basis of the article

  • Description of start of bus/surface transportation in borough, addition of routes-different companies, regulation, Department of Plants and Structures, creation of roads, zone system, route changes, free transfers

History of buses in New York City

  • Start of them, their regulation-fares, stop locations, routes, changes in routes, bus design, fare collection

Expand streetcar articles, add sources

Expand and improve Bus lanes in New York City

Metro-North

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  • Expand the Penn Station Access article with historical background, corridor improvements and project information
  • Add information on the history of the New Haven Railroad, i.e. ICC led to disinvestment
  • History of Hudson/New Haven Lines

Redo the following articles:

Create the following articles for the Penn Station Access project

Create the following articles:

Long Island Rail Road

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  • Create all remaining abandoned Long Island Rail Road station pages and improve the Long Island Rail Road article
  • History of the Long Island Rail Road
    • Add more information on line improvements-high-level platforms, concrete platforms, electrification, grade crossing elimination, platform extensions, signaling upgrades, changes in service patterns/stopping patterns (train lengthening), changes in station locations-abandonments
  • Add history, from ERA Bulletins, newspaper clippings, etc.
  • Lower Montauk Branch article
  • Expand the Elmhurst (LIRR station) article
  • Expand the Republic (LIRR station) article

PATH (rail system)

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New York, Westchester and Boston Railway

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  • Create articles for all stations, information on their design, the design of the line-electric, grade-separated, straight, beautiful stations, selection of lines-route alignment
  • Create Module:Adjacent stations/New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
  • Expand article with information from books I have-Harwood, Arcara, Bang, add information from Hathitrust/Google Books/newspaper clippings
  • Create an article on rolling stock
  • Create an article on the Westchester Northern

Tasks

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Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
  • Collaborate : * WP:NYCPT articles • Other rapid transit articles
  • Copyedit : * IND Eighth Avenue Line – This article is in lousy condition. There is little information on the history of the line. The fights involving its operation and its construction are not in the article. Modern developments are not here, and the line's significance cannot be determined from reading the article. References need to be provided for the section on the Worth Street Line. A better description of the line should be written. A project is underway to install Communications Based Train-Control. The section between 59th Street and High Street will have the changes. New substations will be built at Canal Street and 34th Street to improve service. Construction will begin at 34th Street in October 2019 and at Canal Street in September 2019.
    • North Shore Branch – The article needs to include the plan to have Bus Rapid Transit installed along the right-of-way. The EIS is being done and will be released in 2019
    [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
  • Expand : 14th Street–Union Square (New York City Subway) • 63rd Drive–Rego Park (IND Queens Boulevard Line)–Do more work on the provision for the connection to the Rockaway Beach Branch and on its impact on the neighborhood of Rego Park. • Archer Avenue Lines • Bedford–Nostrand Avenues (IND Crosstown Line) • Broad Street (BMT Nassau Street Line) • Chrystie Street Connection – Describe the difficult construction, the planning, its significance, and better detail its impact on service, and its relation to other plans • Harold Interlocking • Hell Gate Bridge • Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Archer Avenue Lines) • Jamaica–Van Wyck (IND Archer Avenue Line) • Kew Gardens Interchange • Q10 (New York City bus) • Q25 and Q34 buses • Q46 (New York City bus) • Secaucus Junction • Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport (Archer Avenue Lines) •IRT New Lots Line
  • Featured article review : Staten Island Railway
  • Good article nominations : Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street (New York City Subway) • Mets–Willets Point (IRT Flushing Line)
  • Maintain : New York City Subway articles
  • Notability : MTA History
  • Unreferenced : * BMT Myrtle Avenue Line • Dual Contracts[1][2] •IRT Jerome Avenue Line • IRT New Lots Line

    References

    1. ^ Senate, New York (State) Legislature (1916). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York. E. Croswell.
    2. ^ Derrick, Peter (April 1, 2002). Tunneling to the Future: The Story of the Great Subway Expansion That Saved New York. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814719541.
  • Update neighborhood maps
  • Add citations for track layouts
  • Add citations from subwaynut
  • Swipe line histories from relevant articles and make sure each subway station article has its own separate history section
  • Update ridership figures in the body of the text
  • Expand citations with MDY dates and correct Cite Web to Cite News

Templates I have created/started

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