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That's why we need the Triborough RX. http://ny.curbed.com/2016/6/1/11830816/the-triboro-regional-plan-association-proposal http://ny.curbed.com/2016/6/1/118308
by dankohn1 10y ago
That's why we need the Triborough RX. http://ny.curbed.com/2016/6/1/11830816/the-triboro-regional-plan-association-proposal http://ny.curbed.com/2016/6/1/11830816/the-triboro-regional-...
But MTA funding is controlled by the state, meaning that all subway funding needs to be balanced by upstate highway funding, meaning that super high return projects like this (which could probably justify themselves based on the improvements in real estate values as Hong Kong does) are not happening.
- shmerl 10y agoThey should be building more railroads upstate. In general, trains feel severely lacking in comparison with Europe for example.
- dankohn1 10y agoThere's not enough density to justify trains in upstate New York. But we should be spending tens of billions to upgrade the Acela corridor (which runs east of upstate NY) to something comparable to Europe's high speed trains.