out of the ordinary when compared
to other light rail efforts
in other cities.
Councilman Jimmy Van
Bramer expressed a dubious
attitude toward the prospect of
an agency now under the control
of the Trump administration
awarding any funds at all
to New York City in the coming
years at the May 30 hearing.
Streetcars and light rails
went extinct around the turn
of the century with many cities
opting instead for underground
options for the versatility of buses
and freedom from vehicular
disruption for subways.
But the 21st century has
seen the reemergence of this
technology with Cincinnati
launching its Bell Connector
on a 3.6 mile loop of the city
in 2016.
Phoenix, Arizona, known
for its never-ending sprawl,
even began its own service
with the 26.3-mile Valley Metro
Rail, for which construction
began in 2005 and opened for
business in 2008.
According to the MTA,
many of the bus routes
across the city, including
Queens, follow the old streetcar
routes. A template they
are attempting to break for
a bus system the agency is
hoping will serve the needs
of modern riders.
As part of the discussion in
2016 for the BQX, the changing
needs of commuters has
entailed a demand to reach the
Queens and Brooklyn waterfronts
and highlighted the antiquated
spoke and wheel design
of subways centered around
the Manhattan.
The outer boroughs are
now seeing the higher job
growth than before and the G
Rendering courtesy of Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector
train simply does not cut it for
north-south commuters who
opt instead for schlepping
through Manhattan
Penner concluded in a recent
email to QNS that the surest
way to move people along
the tech hubs of Queens and
Brooklyn would not be a light
rail, but buses.
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