BQX Advocates Make Pitch for Trolley — But Critics Push Back
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Mayor de Blasio needs to just abandon his beloved $2.7-billion BQX streetcar, opponents said Thursday at the City Council's first trolley task force hearing.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Trains
KOMANOFF: Investing Congestion Revenues in Better Train Signals Could Save New Yorkers Lots of Time
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Here's the best use of congestion pricing toll revenue: Making subway trains run faster.
Feds Must Fix Hudson River Tunnel Before Catastrophic Failure Cripples New York
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The Regional Plan Association estimates that a failure of the tunnel would cost billions to the New York region and send home values plummeting.
From Streetfilms: Los Angeles — The Great American Transit Experiment
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Clarence Eckerson is back with a look at major transit expansions in the City of Angels.
NY Can Save Billions on Rail Tunnels If LIRR Agrees to Share Track
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RPA proposes much-needed integration of regional rail in its Fourth Regional Plan, but doesn't push for the politically challenging reforms that will be necessary to build it efficiently.
De Blasio Sounds Prepared to Let the L Train Crisis Go to Waste
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The impending L Train shutdown should be a blessing in disguise — the impact of losing service west of Bedford Avenue for 18 months is so great, there’s no good option that doesn’t involve carving out lots of street space for buses, biking, and safer walking. Major redesigns of 14th Street, the Williamsburg Bridge, and the streets connecting to […]