- The G train can be elongated and run more often. Signal work can allow it to run more frequently with the F.
- The East Side LIRR extension can be expedited.
- The circumferential freight line can be restored to create a new transit line between Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.
- The L train restoration can be expedited.
All these project are cheap and would increase the livibility of NYC outside of Manhattan, while also shortening commute time to LIC.
It's ironic that you have chosen to call my comment glib when you offer nothing but "___ can be expedited." You can't get any more hand-wavey than that. Your comment is the very epitome of glib.
No they can not be "expedited." The highest priority for the MTA right now is upgrading the depression-era signaling, which even under the aggressive rollout that Andrew Byford is advocating will take 10 years. The L train shutdown is already being "expedited" the line will be completely shutdown for almost a year a half starting in a couple of months. You can't really "expedite" much more than that now can you? And even after the repairs its still the same single track tunnel it was before.
My comment was actually thought out and based on decades of observing growth and change in the city. Maybe you don't understand the meaning of the word "glib"?
It's almost impossible to overstate how important the L train is. It is the main artery into the city for absolutely enormous swaths of Brooklyn.
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