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Mayor de Blasio will propose building a new subway line running under Utica Avenue in a speech today about sustainability, according a report in Capital New York. The avenue, currently served by the B46 bus, is “one of the densest areas in the city not directly served by the subway,” said a draft of the speech quoted by Capital New York.

The B46 bus currently runs along Utica from Marine Park up through East Flatbush and then through east Bed Stuy on Malcolm X Boulevard to Williamsburg near Marcy Avenue and Broadway. A story in the Daily News said it’s all posturing and will never happen.

Our take: Any new subway service through central Brooklyn and beyond is welcome, but seems unlikely to actually happen. The proposed Triboro RX line already has a right of way and would knit together the outer parts of Brooklyn from Sunset Park to East New York and connect to subway-starved parts of Queens and the Bronx. As the center of the city changes, the transportation system needs to adapt.

What do you think?

Mayor to Ask M.T.A. to Study Brooklyn Subway Expansion [Capital NY]
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  1. Well, De Blasio has a history of saying stupid things, so no big surprise. Why not use the money to fix up current dysfunctional subway lines, such as the C line, worse trains in NYC for 6 years in a row!!

    And why waste the money on the useless Fulton Center. Is it because of kick backs between contractors and politicians? Fix the broken subway lines now!!! Make it more frequent and stop wasting our public money!!!

  2. Yes – the focus on the entire region (vs. just NYC) is a nice touch. It’s the right approach too, since we are much stronger as a region. The “reverse commuting” phenomenon (highlighted in the report) is true as well – more and more of my friends are getting jobs in NJ and CT and doing the reverse commute on PATH and Metro North.

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