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Showing posts with label Rockaway Branch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rockaway Branch. Show all posts
Sunday, June 28, 2026

Transit access drives transit voting

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I've been trying to show this for years with maps of car-free households, but there was a great example recently that used voting patte...
Friday, December 16, 2016

What if the MTA is interested in bringing back the trains?

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I’ve always opposed the proposal to convert the Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad into a bike trail, because I think the lan...
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Monday, January 5, 2015

The MTA is not interested

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One cornerstone of the arguments for the Queensway rail-trail is that the MTA isn’t interested in restoring passenger rail service. Queensw...
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Friday, December 19, 2014

Never trust a transit advocate

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I’ve been fighting for better transit for over twenty years now, and one of the most important lessons I’ve learned is this: never trust a t...
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Monday, November 17, 2014

When bike paths are not transportation

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I've written before about the capacity of bike paths to move large numbers of people. A dedicated bike path performs this function best...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Light rail in New York City?

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Last week I talked about the practical differences between light rail, streetcars, subways and commuter rail. We have light rail right acr...
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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Buses and trains in Woodhaven

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In this blog, Capt. Subway has written that we should run the R subway on the unused Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad, and...
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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Apartment buildings near the Rockaway Branch

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In 2011, Alon Levy wrote this about the possibility of restoring service on the Rockaway Beach Branch Railroad in Central Queens: Observe...
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Monday, April 15, 2013

In 2013, subways raise property values

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Suppose that you live in a detached single-family home a block from the old Brooklyn Manor train station in Woodhaven. Your neighbors are s...
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Monday, January 21, 2013

Guest Post: How sending the R train to Howard Beach can help the G go to Forest Hills

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By Capt. Subway The controversy over what to do with the 3.5-mile long abandoned northern section of the defunct LIRR Rockaway Line betwee...
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