Residents along the #BQX line have come up with $1M+ reasons why a streetcar would be more expensive than improving existing transit options: eg. dedicated bus lanes, increase frequency of existing bus and subway services, adding more cars to the G...
How extremely frustrating it must be for those residents if the City disregards their concerns and presses full steam ahead with a plan to increase those residents’ property taxes to fund a project everybody knows is more expensive than improving existing options.
@danrivoli Has the City ever discussed improving existing transit options along the proposed #BQX route with the state?
Example: B32 runs along a significant portion of the proposed route. It runs every 30 minutes. Has the City ever asked the @MTA to increase frequency of this bus, or worked with them to create a dedicated lane, before laying down streetcar track? @StephenLevin33 @assemblymanjoe
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