The issue
Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed in her State of the State address a long-simmering plan to connect Brooklyn and Queens with increased rail service. “Today I’m announcing a bold idea,” she said. “Take an old, unused 14-mile-long right of way and create what we’re calling the Interborough Express.”
What is the Interborough Express?
The transit link would repurpose existing freight rail lines to connect the Long Island Rail Road and up to 17 subway lines, per the Metropolitan Tranportation Authority, creating a streamlined corridor that would avoid diversions into Manhattan. (The original subway system was designed primarily to facilitate trips to and from Manhattan.) The proposed line would run
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