This article is short sighted.

It assumes people who ride the railroad would want to use the subway instead.

It wrongly states the average time a subway ride from Jamaica to Manhattan would be.

It ignores the fact that people want and deserve a one seat/single fare commute.

It ignores how the subway system would deal with that added ridership.

It ignores thousands of people not having to transfer to the subway, which can be at crush levels of ridership during rush hour.

It ignores the time savings for the people it is intended to serve.