B737-700 captain laments the lack of a taxi line between concourse a and B at roc.

Attributes
ACN	1187930
Time
Date	201407
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ROC.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Type 7000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe

Narrative:

At night; the north ramp at roc is somewhat dimly lit. There is no centerline taxi line in the alley [between concourse a and B]. As a result; crews have to be especially vigilant because there are airplanes parked on both sides; and the ramp narrows considerably as you approach the terminal. As we entered the ramp; one of the wing walkers was standing out in the ramp and motioning us toward him. I realized he brought us extremely close to the tail of another parked B737. We need a centerline taxi line to follow.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 Captain laments the lack of a taxi line between Concourse A and B at ROC.

Narrative: At night; the north ramp at ROC is somewhat dimly lit. There is no centerline taxi line in the alley [between Concourse A and B]. As a result; crews have to be especially vigilant because there are airplanes parked on both sides; and the ramp narrows considerably as you approach the terminal. As we entered the ramp; one of the wing walkers was standing out in the ramp and motioning us toward him. I realized he brought us extremely close to the tail of another parked B737. We need a centerline taxi line to follow.

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