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what a problem to have, seems a gimmee for rail, but hmm ...



Trail over rail? Federal funding for QueensWay linear park could threaten long-sought QueensLink rail project

By Ben Brachfeld
Posted on March 18, 2024


The federal government granted New York City $117 million to design and build part of a High Line-esque “linear park” on an abandoned rail spur in Queens — but some advocates and elected officials worry the plan would forever foreclose the long-sought possibility of reactivating transit service along the corridor.


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The long-disused Rockaway Beach Branch rail spur. Friends of the QueensWay



A rendering of the proposed QueensWay in central Queens. Friends of the QueensWay



A map of the proposed QueensLink subway connection. QueensLink
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Absolute imbeciles. I thought I could count on the Feds having the competence to see this is an obvious vital transit corridor not some opportunity for a stupid f***ing park.

This needs to get killed in the crib now before any real money is wasted on this.
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as i recall the mayor is hell bent on it becoming a park.
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The article states the work if done would be for the section that crosses Forest Park and the MTA claims it wouldn't preclude joint usage with transit. Yeah, we'll see. Best case scenario nothing happens and the next mayor favors rail.
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Best case scenario nothing happens and the next mayor favors rail.
If the feds indict Eric Adams, then the project would lose it's biggest proponent
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At this point I sincerely hope he's not re-elected. I know he was handed a bad hand but I'm totally unimpressed by his ability to run the city.
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Mind numbing decision making. One of the city's biggest transit deserts with perfect ROW ready to be integrated.

Also forget the stupidity of ruining transit opportunities, this is just not the High Line. The High Line works because it is an urban tourist attraction. This cuts through residential neighborhoods, I really can't even see it being that big of a success.

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Yeah the comparison to the High Line is complete apples and oranges that only a person that doesn't understand design or nuance would make. "Hey that's a shiny new viaduct park, now we want one!" is the basics of it. Never mind the High Line was a industrial freight rail road through what is now a hip trendy neighborhood not a previous purpose built passenger rail corridor with astonishingly obvious transit connectivity benefits.
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welp leave it to the usa to cheap out on a major rail transit revival opportunity in the hand and fall back to a park.
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path rolls out contactless payment —



TAPP-to-pay: PATH contactless payment system launched at several train stops

By Ben Brachfeld
Posted on March 20, 2024


The Port Authority rolled out its new TAPP contactless payment system at several PATH train stations on both sides of the Hudson River, the agency announced Wednesday.


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The Port Authority activated its TAPP contactless payment readers at the Oculus on March 20. Photo by Ben Brachfeld
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A throwback to when the old South Ferry station was briefly reopened


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Have always been curious as to what specifically all those station conduits are feeding and why oh why they can't be more combined to lesson the amount that are running everywhere. Nexis, if you know please do tell. That above photo is absurd.
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Have always been curious as to what specifically all those station conduits are feeding and why oh why they can't be more combined to lesson the amount that are running everywhere. Nexis, if you know please do tell. That above photo is absurd.
They carry signal communication , electrical components , gas and water depending on the station. The Water Table is very high in that part of Manhattan so it's probably the reason why they are attached to the ceiling. Usually they are under or above the subway tunnel. I found this article.
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Good video, although it would have been better if they had the opening song from the Sopranos.
Eeew. No thank you.
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how ‘bout more of this, umm, everywhere?



DOT rolls out ‘Broadway Vision’ to further pedestrianize four blocks near Union Square

By Ben Brachfeld
Posted on March 26, 2024

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it’s heeerrrreee — starting in june —

interestingly, its mandated to rope in at least a billy per year, so they waved off most exemptions (over 100 categories were trying lol):


A $15 toll to drive into part of Manhattan has been approved. That’s a first for US cities

BY CEDAR ATTANASIO
Updated 5:45 PM EDT, March 27, 2024
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York is on track to become the first U.S. city with congestion tolls on drivers entering its central business district after transit officials approved a $15 fee for most motorists headed to the busiest part of Manhattan.


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