Paul Trust

Musician, educator, father of three, & advocate for many causes, including community building, education, the arts & transit. Opinions expressed are my own.

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@TiffannyWalsh @qbms9197 @TODNewsHub @NYCMayor @LIRR We want QueensLink.

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@JustinBrannan With….Kennedy?

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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…

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@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.

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@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.

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@aaiqbal @bri_guy_ny Very astute. That was one theory I had heard.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@MavishTelap @meatballtimes @QueenSlink After saying this is a fight that must be waged. Take notice NYC!!

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@UrbaneUrban https://t.co/tM91Bpod6V

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@UrbaneUrban Ummm, yes it would

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@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.

[Phil BuildTheFutureNow 🇺🇸🦅🌲💙 @PhilSustainable]

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?

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@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?

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@heyn8k @AutismCapital Assemblyman Mamdani-“Build the QueensLink!”

Mayor Mamdani-Funding QueensWay

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@NickyFrank30 @rohitiwnl @sam_d_1995 MTA isn’t evaluating it fairly. Like how it can expand local queens boulevard service by up to 50%

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@thewillmorgs19 @Succulentpepper @LinkofSunshine The corridor is city owned land, so Mamdani very much has a say what happens to it.

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@DanBiancoNYC @Streetfilms @PurpleClarence @MTA QueensLink literally is the border between Richmond hill and woodhaven and would put two new N/S stops in Woodhaven.

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@MavishTelap @DRichardsQNS As per an Op-Ed he penned a couple months ago, Donovan supports having the entire corridor built as Queensway.