This is where the rubber has to hit the road, people.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson dismissed the notion of simply tearing down the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — but only, he told Streetsblog, because no one has put forward a "responsible" plan for dealing with the 150,000 cars and 25,000 trucks that use the highway every day.

"If there is [a way to do it], I'm all ears," the speaker said.