tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post2175116052336013336..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: The MTA is not interestedCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-58050736603059443612015-01-07T14:30:14.652-05:002015-01-07T14:30:14.652-05:00I was trying to figure out where the money is goin...I was trying to figure out where the money is going to come from for the Queensway. Then I had a 'doh!' moment: $120 million will be delivered by Cuomo from the bank settlements. And it will be his 'gift to Queens', or at least, his version of auto-dependent, crappy transit, Queens. The Amateur Transporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004281174306673509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-49540574119222287772015-01-06T14:47:31.874-05:002015-01-06T14:47:31.874-05:00More on the land value around the QueensWay.
http...More on the land value around the QueensWay.<br /><br />http://newyorkyimby.com/2014/11/queensway-and-the-reactivated-rockaway-beach-branch-solutions-in-search-of-a-problem.htmlThe Amateur Transporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004281174306673509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-60939627403174627882015-01-06T14:17:44.231-05:002015-01-06T14:17:44.231-05:00Imagine if the MTA had an entrepreneurial bent. T...Imagine if the MTA had an entrepreneurial bent. The MTA quietly buys up land and houses around the proposed new subway stations; land has to be relatively cheap there now. Then builds the line and at the same time builds (or leases land) for lots of dense, walkable TOD sites where the rents help recapture the MTA's investment. (Think Hong Kong: http://marketurbanism.com/2014/10/23/how-hong-kong-pulls-off-transit-oriented-development/)<br /><br />In case anyone argues that gov't can't buy up land speculatively, there is some precedent for government buying up land near places where it is going to invest. Philadelphia mayor Ed Rendell surreptitiously purchased the Reading Terminal Head House to capitalize on the construction of the convention center.The Amateur Transporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004281174306673509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-31268431168202556972015-01-05T05:38:00.021-05:002015-01-05T05:38:00.021-05:00In my view, a lot of these people who want Queensw...In my view, a lot of these people who want Queensway are very selfish and only concerned about themselves. There also are those who don’t want ANYTHING AT ALL done because they are concerned if EITHER proposal (Queensway OR Transit) happens, they will lose property that is illegally encroaching on the ROW.<br /><br />The people who want Queensway to me want it because they are afraid if the line is converted to subway usage, they will see people who are not “their kind” suddenly arrive like was seen in some areas during the 1950’s and early ’60s. They (or their parents) also likely still think of the subway as how it was during the 1970’s and early ’80s when it was at its absolute worst: Graffiti-strewn, crime-ridden and so forth. They don’t or don’t want to realize that the subway of 2015 is a MUCH different place than that of 1980. While the subways still have their issues, it’s nothing like it was 35 years ago and people have to realize that.<br /><br />A lot of this is also conditioning that comes from the days of Robert Moses, who abused his power to the point where today NOTHING often gets done without a massive fight because people are conditioned to fight anything worth doing solely because of how Moses trampled on people back in the day. Obviously, people back then were influenced a lot differently than today, but what Moses did is still being felt today in many ways, and not all of them good.Wallyhorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14719571110881868168noreply@blogger.com