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@DanielGulotta@atlanticesque Well, when you cut out metrics such as 10 million+ seasonal tourists to the rockaways, ResortsWorld Title 3 license and expansion, plus additional 50% capacity on the Queens Boulevard line, enough to bring back the G, then yeah. But if you include the metrics that matter…
@nober@goatpurple1@SlopHq I think latest projection 75 to 85k daily riders. I think other metrics need to be considered too. Queenslink would be crucial to the Rockaways, with millions of tourists utilizing it. None of that has been factored in.
@ridestheq46@DannyInTransit@nypost Agreed,
It’s interesting how some names stick and others don’t. Jackie Robinson Parkway? Sticks. Though I have to say, legendary ball player, awful road.
@sp2chy@bri_guy_ny Seems it was quietly slipped into the budget and was really only publicly announced by Queensway after QueensLink discovered it and when public with the knowledge. Even then, Only now is Zohran saying he’s committed to Queensway. No explanation given for the flip-flop.
@AvatarNab@bri_guy_ny There are a lot of Mamdani supporters that supported his bid for mayor, knocked on doors for him, believing that he would continue his impassioned advocacy for QueensLink as expressed as an Assemblyman and the. mayoral candidate. They feel like they got played.
@gonzvasq@bri_guy_ny Governor dictates what the MTA does. Think about the IBX, a plan hatched in the 90s, but it wasn’t until Hochul got behind it that it became the cats meow.
@NickyFrank30@rohitiwnl@sam_d_1995 I’m not sure they are factoring in 50% added capacity on the queens boulevard local lines. IBX will drop tens of thousands of straphangers at an already overcrowded 74th/roosevelt.
This decision is shortsighted.
The QueensLink would reuse an abandoned 3.5-mile rail corridor in NYC, no expensive tunneling. At ~$3.5B, it’s one of the cheapest ways to expand the subway. Add upzoning near new stations and you unlock massive transit-oriented development. 160,000 new homes.
Why kill this?
@PhilSustainable@StreetsblogNYC Or, how did that fail with a mayor who has spoken passionately about his support for Queenslink in the past, even as recently as on the mayoral trail?