As I said, I am not saying that we should have much hope for expanding the subway system even if the state budget was perfect. The MTA's main area of expertise

As I said, I am not saying that we should have much hope for expanding the subway system even if the state budget was perfect. The MTA's main area of expertise is wasting money. In my earlier comment I mentioned the Rockaway Beach Branch. That right-of-way would require only a bit of cleanup, some maintenance on a few bridges, and switches to connect to the A line and hundred feet of tunnel in Rego Park, and we would have a new subway line in Queens with access to JFK. We are talking maybe a hundred million dollars, assuming competent engineers and contractors are hired -- a fraction of what the MTA has been spending trying to get the Rail Control Center online.