As the de Blasio administration looks to move forward with the proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector, called BQX, there’s renewed hesitation among local elected officials, experts and some residents about the merits and prudence of the project.
The latest skepticism comes after a summer report in which the administration outlined that the streetcar, now envisioned to run along the waterfront of Brooklyn and Queens from Red Hook to Astoria along an 11-mile route, would cost more and take longer than estimated to build while running a shorter route.
"We would be able to add additional bus service — bus lines, express bus, Select Bus — we’d be able to do that extremely quickly, much more efficiently and at much lower cost,” said City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, whose district includes Long Island City, Queens, which the streetcar would transverse.
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Instead of allocating funding to the subway and the underserved buses, which seems to stem off of de Faustio's command of his staffers and aides to blow off meetings with Andy Cuomo according to the mayor's released emails, the dope has been pissing and wasting millions on studies to induce his (but mostly his real estate donors, particularly the Walentas) asinine trolley line.
At least there is finally some resistance to this, especially from Jimmy. But as with the bike lanes and hotel shelters, this mayor does not give a shit about others opinions and rejections of his shitty ideas. De Faustio is running the city (when he feels like it, again the emails) by executive fiat.
The city council has got to impeach this stupid fucking idiot.
Anything this mayor is for New Yorkers should be against. Too much money for too little service. What about security, maintenance of the entire system and management. The costs are going to escalate far beyond what these politicians are willing to admit. Don't touch this boondoggle.
Exactly what everyone was predicting.
Extend it through to the airport through Vallonia - will pay for itself.
Get real people. 99% of what happens in this city happens at city council, boro hall, Albany senate/assembly or community boards - people you always let off the hook.
Blaming the pope, president, governor, or mayor is like giving aspirin for a cancer.
Why do professionals, most who work in Manhattan, live in expensive LIC towers want to go to Brooklyn?
Does the stupid mayor really think they want to buy wheat grass juice and microbrew from dirty looking bearded hipsters when they have all they need walking distance or couple stops on the 7 train you can usually catch every 90 seconds.
I really do not understand the need for this huge waste of money and stupidness being rammed down everyone's throats at gunpoint.
It's been said before, but.....
The subway desperately needs money that should not be spent on this. The route could be done with express buses. The route (now shortened) serves too few people at an exorbitant cost. It was proposed by real estate interests and sent to DeBlasio who never met a real estate interest that he didn't immediately support.
Fortunately, its chances of being developed are the same as the chances of finding an affordable apartment in Astoria.
All they need to do is establish a bus route. Study the numbers for a year and then decide if this route is merited. Much cheaper than the BXQ.
Why do professionals, most who work in Manhattan, live in expensive LIC towers want to go to Brooklyn?
Does the stupid mayor really think they want to buy wheat grass juice and microbrew from dirty looking bearded hipsters when they have all they need walking distance or couple stops on the 7 train you can usually catch every 90 seconds.
I really do not understand the need for this huge waste of money and stupidness being rammed down everyone's throats at gunpoint.
Why do they want to live in expensive LIC towers in the first place but they do. Second, Brooklyn has some of the best restaurants and hotspots for years now. But of course let’s have this expensive solution paid by taxpayer dollars because developers want this. The argument is that it would increase property value. The professionals and wealthy don’t want to use the dirty buses. The young will always use Uber rather than take the subway unless they’re not making sic figure salaries and have to live with roommates.
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