well i like the idea of getting rid of the route as well, really it is a cheap and nasty way to make money really wouldn't happen.
You do measly back and forth runs 3k apart maybe less and make 1.4mil every min at least not gonna happen. In this day and age i would class that probably as being a bin man and he sure as hell don't make that amount of cash here now does he.
getting rid of it would get rid of a major hot spot imo hot spots cause violence and grief only reason manhattan doesn't crumble is the fact its the main system its a non-pvp zone and it just plain would not get away with it.
just my opinion on that matter
*EDIT*
Its good when things are spread out means factions will be forced to stay nearer they're own systems and stop the traders clumping up. Meaning no un-needed battles and lots of traders chatting way lah di dah like because they bored out they're wits running back and for every 30 seconds, can be quite mind numbing.
will sort out Piracy problems, Mercenary job problems, Trader rp problems maybe force more role related battles else where maybe to where they're supposed to happen