At this point NY is just eating itself
It eats to live and lives to eat. I don't think the cities finances could actually withstand a drop in the population, DESPITE infrastructure repairs needing exactly that to take place.
Cuomo Declares a State of Emergency for NYC Subways: Update 7/26 - MTA submits 2 phase $9bil plan
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It eats to live and lives to eat. I don't think the cities finances could actually withstand a drop in the population, DESPITE infrastructure repairs needing exactly that to take place.
This is going to be almost exclusively underground. Good luck convincing those neighborhoods to let MTA dig up under their land.
The only right of way there is the abandoned Roosevelt ave station. And that’s converted to an office.
Sorry breh. Completely false.
ALL of this suggested route, for now called the "Triboro RX", is out in the open, at-grade or above-grade.
You actually see it on Google Maps.
First look at this map
Second go to satellite Google Maps or other satellite map. You can see the same curvy shape on satellite maps.
3rd Go back and forth between both maps from Hunts Point, Bronx to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. You can type in each stop and it'll show you the rail line there too
Sorry breh. Completely false.
ALL of this suggested route, for now called the "Triboro RX", is out in the open, at-grade or above-grade.
You actually see it on Google Maps.
First look at this map
Second go to satellite Google Maps or other satellite map. You can see the same curvy shape on satellite maps.
3rd Go back and forth between both maps from Hunts Point, Bronx to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. You can type in each stop and it'll show you the rail line there too
those aren’t MTA tracks. They’re not even electrifiedThis isn’t like metro north, Amtrak and NJ transit sharing tracks.
88m3
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This isn’t like metro north, Amtrak and NJ transit sharing tracks.
I think CSX owns them, they're above ground freight tracks and some of them are extremely close to buildings.
Looking at the map though some of where the line they want I know there aren't tracks
This isn’t like metro north, Amtrak and NJ transit sharing tracks.
True.
That's the most optimal route though for a Manhattan rail bypass.
Yes, it will cost some loose change investment in the mid hundreds of millions to low billions max to make it passenger rail capable.
But compared to a tunnel, it's a hella good deal, plus the right-of-way is basically all there.
If I was running for Mayor of New York I would make it part of my platform......easy win....MONY
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that rail line ya talking about ^ should be called the fucckery express. look at all the shytty hoods it runs through and ends in. russians and Crips at the start....hookers and dope fiends at the end.
Same shyt I said.that rail line ya talking about ^ should be called the fucckery express. look at all the shytty hoods it runs through and ends in. russians and Crips at the start....hookers and dope fiends at the end.
You could redo the entire series of streets of rage based on a single ride on that train
the ferries are dope.
i wish they started doing them 30 years ago.
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We're well past capacity on the subway whether it's running properly or not. A guy I met a year or two ago said we're past the 2020 or 2022 population projection.
I think this is the one he was referring to.
http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning...c-population/projections_report_2010_2040.pdf
I think the tax base is stronger than in previous decades. If there were a serious economic upheaval things would be rough as expected but there's so much being created here and world wide business that things would carry on.
That said I think peoples purchasing power and the economy topped out in 2016 and the only place to go is down. If the feds stepped in and invested in NY/NJ the economy would continue to grow but that's not looking like it will happen. Cities have seen population growth because a lot of the model for small towns/suburbs is broken and I don't see it coming back the economic inequality is staggering.
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I love social media when things like this are captured. If you like city planning this should make you so excited!
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