Thursday, January 6, 2022

Trans Borough Express

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NY Post

 

An underutilized 14-mile freight line would be converted into a new commuter “Interborough Express” service connecting neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens under a plan championed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday.

The new transit service would run from Bay Ridge in Brooklyn to Jackson Heights Heights in Queens.

During her first state of the state address, Hochul ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to conduct an environmental review and identify the best transit option for the corridor — heavy rail, light rail or bus rapid transit.

“This historic project would improve transit service and job access for underserved communities in Brooklyn and Queens, serving a corridor that is currently home to 900,000 residents and 260,000 jobs, with expected growth of at least 41,000 people and 15,000 jobs in the next 25 years,” Hochul said.

“Stronger rapid transit in Brooklyn and Queens is long overdue.”

13 comments:

georgetheatheist said...

How many passenger knife slashings when it passes through Brownsville?

Anonymous said...

Hochul ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to conduct an environmental review and identify the best transit option for the corridor — heavy rail, light rail or bus rapid transit.

Ordered? Line some deranged dictator in some Banana Republic?

Anonymous said...

Well I think before you even think about adding more lines, I think first you should get rid of all the overtime abuse that goes on in that system. Also, how about figuring out how to fight the crime in the subways instead? What about working on all the delays also first? How are you worried about adding another line in when so much other work needs to get done first? Also I love how she calls Jackson heights "an underserved " community. What is so underserved about them? They have the train at their disposal and plenty of bus roots there. I love how the politicians think that every neighborhood that has black and Hispanics in it is "underserved". Meanwhile,douglaston and Whitestone have buses that run like shit and these are first bus roots they always cut when they do their cutbacks. And just look at how these communities were treated when covid hit. Do you think that mayor dumbdumb opened up any kind of testing sites or covid vaccine sites in any of these neighborhoods? Nope! They had to wait until the pharmacies had appointments opened. Oh and by the way, I LOVE how politicians are still saying that "whites are the majority"...not in nyc they aren't. And they most definitely aren't the "majority" in the world in general. But those are things, the news and politicians will NEVER admit to the American public.

Anonymous said...

@ Anon #3 "whites are the majority" You can think most Sheeple can't.

Anonymous said...

@"Ordered? Line some deranged dictator in some Banana Republic?"

Get a life snowflake.

Unhappy Kamper said...

underserved means black and Spanish. They have to keep coming up with code so they can milk the US Government Cow dry.

Anonymous said...

Spanish? Didn't know we had so many immigrants from Spain here. Typical white trash ignorant term for Latino immigrants from Central and South America.

Patrick Sweeney said...

Walking around Jackson Heights the other day, I was wondering "Could we spend 10 billion dollars to knock 25 minutes off the mass transit travel time from here to Shore Parkway/Lief Erikson Blvd. in Bay Ridge"

Someone has picked up this thought and they are running with it.

Joe said...

I read this wrong.
This is the old Bayridge line tracks that run through Ridgewood, under the Cemetery on Metro M station. Two 15 or so inch lines of high pressure gas under those tracks. 900 volt Electric cables, substation transformers (in who's yards) with 3rd rails for passenger electrics would be a no no
I know this because I lived on Seneca ave by the trestle at PS 68. My grandfather was told that's why it was never electrified aside some light battery 2 car thing back in the 1920s that went to Carnisie. Part of the 60 or foot passenger platform still exists on Myrtle ave, (You can see it on Google maps)
steps going up the embankment long gone
Underused? I doubt it. Before I sold the house on Seneca you can hear the mile or so long freights rumbling for near a 1/2 hour in the wee hours. It sounds more like somebody's after the Bayridge waterfront docks and train yard for big $$ housing towers.
Close this and freight would have to go via truck when the BQE, Greenpoint and Maspeth is congested to the max with trucks.
Not many freight trains a day but when they do run they are near a mile long and very slow moving.
I doubt CTX freight, the gas company will ever have the city poking, digging around, share or sell that line.
Why the hell would a person in MV, Ridgewood or Jackson Heights want to commute to Bay Ridge? For Hipster coffee, $25 Hamburgers and wheat grass juice ?

-Joe

NPC_translator said...

"Typical white trash ignorant term for Latino immigrants from Central and South America."

It's LATINX, racist.

Anonymous said...

Yeah you are showing your cultural awareness NPC, go storm the capitxl again you xenophobic freakshow.

el arbol de los borrachos said...

Latins are from the region around Rome (Lazio). The centroamericanos are pretty much pure Mayan...

Anonymous said...

How many passenger knife slashings when it passes through Brownsville?

Exactly on George TA hits it once again
Hmmm 2 or 3 per car not including any witnesses?
Then the mayor and police commissioner will be on TV telling us "its the white passengers fault for resisting and not handing those poor young boys money"
"let them go because poverty is what made those poor innocent young urban youth do it" They need reparations for poverty & slavery so since the constitution and laws forbid us from forcing you we are now gonna take the cops, laws so you MUST give them your money, your TV, your car, your booze or be stabbed or shot
... Next up convey your Social Security, retirement and basement too. This is exactly what the progressive liberals are thinking and doing and that will lead to civil war.
"The older haves VS: the young brats and parasitic cockroaches"
Near all Blacks and many young people truly believe if your is OK to steal if your from poverty. "Poverty's fault, Trumps fault, capitalisms fault, the cats fault" We have the schools, colleges and dumb sheep voters to thank for this insanity..
Good luck getting all the animals back behind bars New York.