MTA Next Big Projects??? (New York, Islip: construction, university, living)
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-hell gate line / mnrr
-west side line / mnrr
-east side access / lirr
-q train up to harlem 125th street / second avenue subway phase 1 & 2
-danbury branch electrification and extension to new milford / mnrr
-lower manhattan regional rail access / mnrr & lirr & njt
-north shore light rail
-west shore light rail
-staten island - urban jersey light rail connections
-bronx light rail and bus rapid transit
-i-287 railway corridor / mnrr
-central branch restoration / lirr
-main line 3rd tracking / lirr
-brooklyn high capacity streetcar network
-eastern queens rapid rail access
-sunnyside regional rail station
-beacon / maybrook line / mnrr
-west shore line / njt & mnrr
-stewart airport rail access / mnrr
-new haven line upgrade
-7 extension to chelsea
-eastern queens regional rail access
-gateway / moynihan station / njt / mnrr / amtrak / lirr
-purchase of 698 m9/m9a lirr railcars
-purchase of 123 r188 rapid transit for 7 train replacement
-conversion of 350 r142a subway cars into r188 rapid transit cars
-purchase of 290 r179 rapid transit cars
-west hempstead branch restoration / lirr
-queens bypass subway under the lirr
-extension of canarsie line to starrett city
-utica avenue subway
-staten island expressway bus rapid transit
-jewel avenue subway
-second avenue subway phase 3 & 4
-second avenue subway lower east side branch
-second avenue subway bronx extension
whoa!!! I think every last of these should be completed!...nyc transit would truly be a marvel more than it already is....jus goes to show how much work we have to do....i just wish we had a dedicated untouched source of funding without albany raiding it when it needs to...awesome list dude!
When the MTA Is done with it current Megaprojects ( Kudos to Cuomo for getting the Remaining capital projects Fully Funded!) : 7 extension,Fulton st,2 Ave phase 1,And LIRR Grand central in 2020 or so...What do you think They will tackle next?? ... A full length second ave line?...extensions Into SE Queens?...Airtrain to LaGuardia?...D train to Coop City?....2/5 to kings plaza?...Theres so much to do so little Money and time to do it....Give your feedback! Personally I think Laguardia is long overdue for some kind of rail connection...Extend the E.F.J.Z to the Nassau border...An the 2/5 to Kingsplaza...An the D to Coop would be Grand as well...I realize this is just a wishlist but one day could become reality in this great city...
There were actually two different proposals regarding LaGuardia Airport. One (the more likely) is to extend the N line past Ditmars Boulevard. The other one was to have a subway line running across Queens, connecting LaGuardia with JFK. This isn't going to happen--because Port Authority doesn't want it to (they're the ones responsible for Air Train).
The plan to extend the 2/5 line to Kings Plaza goes back almost half a century. It's might possibly be a shade likelier than the Utica Avenue subway...but not much.
And in the same way as New York City Transit took over the old LIRR Rockaway line and turned it into the A run to Far Rockaway, there's an old plan to take over the Rosedale branch and run the J line out to Rochdale Village. Just so you know: the present terminal for the J at Parsons/Archer wasn't intended to be a terminal. It was only the first step in the Rosedale branch project--but the rest never happened.
The bottom line is this: MTA is run by a bunch of people who don't live here, and have only a hazy understanding of the city's mass transit system. The people who built it were an entirely different breed--but they're long since gone. Major, innovative expansion projects just aren't good bets in this day and age.
Clearly we need a rail line or connection to the Eastern Bronx, which can easily be done either through new Metro-North stations, or extensions of existing lines, including the 2nd avenue train.
A Bronx-Queens-Brooklyn train is another need, to avoid the unnecessary trip through Manhattan, savings lots of space for those traveling to Manhattan, as well as saving time.
A comprehensive light rail system!
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