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2 NS &amp; WORKERS MOVED huge shield 12 years ago to dig tunnel at Archer Ave. and 159th Shulman hails plan for subway station By STUART AIM Daily News Star writer The scheduled opening of Jamaica's Archer Ave. Subway Station in midDecember will "provide the most significant revision in transit service to Queens in over half a century," according to Queens Borough President Claire Shulman. In testimony before the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's public hearing last week, Shulman suggested a series of subway, bus, and railroad plans to boost the use of the new station, which will serve the Jamaica Ave. J and Queens Blvd. E, F, G, and R. Among the suggested revisions are: • Restoring express bus service. along Jamaica Ave. through "skipand-stop" scheduling and also along Fulton St. in Brooklyn, and using the express track at Broadway between the Myrtle Ave. and Eastern Parkway Stations in Brooklyn. • Re-establishing a connection to the 6th Ave. IND line in lower Manhattan as an alternative to the heavily crowded IND F line on Queens Blvd. •Consistency in routing on the E 1988 and F IND lines under which all E trains would go to the Archer Ave. &amp; Station and all F trains would run to the 179th St. and Hillside Ave. StaFebruary tion. • Extending R service to 179th St. rather than stopping at 71st Ave. in Forest Hills. Monday, line • to Restoring 179th St. 24-hour and the service G line on to the the F 71st St.-Continental Ave. Station. NEWS, • Road's Re-opening Union the Hall Long Street Island Station, Rail which has been closed for a decade. DAILY Moreconnections Shulman noted that the railroad station is adjacent to the Parson Blvd. Jamaica, Center station on the Archer Avenue route and that it would provide, immediate, access too major facilities in the ance. de. tion, it would provide access to other 100-00 connections and surface lines that are not accessible from the railroad's Jamaica Station. "This is a period of time when creative, inovative thinking is a must," Shulman said. She said that the re-establishment of direct Jamaica Ave. subway service to the Jamaica Center area could be the most important component of the Archer Ave. plan, particularly if this service is developed and marketed properly. Among the possible changes that will occur in the borough as a result of the Archer Ave. complex are the enhancement of the Queens Blvd. and Jamaica Ave. Subway Lines and major revisions in the bus routes that now serve southeastern, southwestern, northeastern, and eastern Queens, Shulman pointed out. She also told the hearings held at Queens Borough Hall that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority must be made aware of the fact that a substantial number of bus riders use north-south bus routes other than for travelling to the Archer Ave. Line. Route changes? The authority has proposed that all north-south bus routes be changed so that all buses travel to the Archer Ave. Station. Shulman said easy access must be maintained to facilities such as the Queens Borough Public .Library's main branch in Jamaica, and to the commercial Jamaica district and area schools north and south of Hillside Ave. In addition, she stressed the continuation of the existing transfer system between bus lines, and the development of a local-express plan in the Merrick Blvd. and Hillside Ave. corridors, similar to the one along Union Turnpike. on"An effective marketing campaign must be undertaken well in advance of the Archer Ave. Line's opening," Shulman said. "'The more people. know, the more they will take advan-1 o/tage of it,/5 she said muo3 odd ni 181