Should Mayor Connect Brooklyn to Queens With a Waterfront Streetcar Line?
A story in The New York Times suggests Mayor de Blasio can do an end run around Albany and forge a public transportation route to meet new needs with a modern streetcar line along the waterfront from Brooklyn to Queens. The line would make it easier for residents to get around Brooklyn; tie together transit…
A story in The New York Times suggests Mayor de Blasio can do an end run around Albany and forge a public transportation route to meet new needs with a modern streetcar line along the waterfront from Brooklyn to Queens. The line would make it easier for residents to get around Brooklyn; tie together transit starved areas such as Red Hook, Greenpoint and the Navy Yard; connect to ferry, bus and subway routes; and link Brooklyn to Queens.
The author estimates it would cost somewhere around $600,000,000 or so. Now that Brooklyn is less Manhattan-centric, do you think this is an idea whose time has come, or should we just improve existing bus and subway service?
Imagining a Streetcar Line Along the Brooklyn Waterfront [NY Times]
The proposed “Triboro X” line would positively impact more people and places. And since most of the right of way is already established, it would be more feasible.
I don’t know what financial shape Hudson Bergen Light Rail is in in New Jersey, but I enjoy riding it whenever I get the chance.
You could run a semi-permanent bus line or streetcar pretty much underneath or alongside most of the BQE from Williamsburg all the way out to Sunset Park. Would be a great connect to the greenway also being built.
Where da fuq are we , San Francisco? Improve trains/busses
It is a fantastic idea. Would be great for both boroughs. Would love to see this happen soon.
Bikes don’t work for a large percentage of the population that don’t feel like riding them, or are not in sufficient shape to ride them.
Then private dollars should pay for it if the point is to raise private property values.