Bad optics, Gov. Cuomo: Transit riders are facing fare hikes and service cuts, but the state wants drivers in Queens to save five seconds in travel time on the Long Island Expressway.
The comptroller doesn't like the current (and fancy) plans to fix the highway for two reasons: there'd still be too many cars, and poorer neighborhoods won't benefit.
Maybe the city does need to rebuild the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — but we're going to keep demanding that elected officials at least explain why they think so. Plus the other news.
You get what you pay for: The engineering firm hired by the Council wasn't asked to consider car-reduction strategies, which is why the firm didn't present any.
Council Speaker Corey Johnson dismissed simply tearing down the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — but only, he told Streetsblog on Tuesday, because no one has put forward a "responsible" plan for doing it.