Know what’s happening. Here are the links. MTA 20-Year Needs Assessment (2025-2044) Report with Appendix: bit.ly/3rSGZ9D Press Conference: bit.ly/3rzGxNG
4:16 The service station for the 3 line is called the Livonia Yard. It is a old yard (like over 100 years old) and it is very small. I was born & raised in that area {Brownsville, Brooklyn) and can see the Yard when I am in the neighborhood next door, which is East New York, Brooklyn.
Aside from making more stations accessible. There needs to be more focus on Queens and Brooklyn and how both are highly underserved by the MTA subway. The Utica Ave extension the Nostrand extension. 3 extension to Spring Creek. Bayside/Bay Terrace. St Albans and Springfield Gardens all need subway lines or extensions. Bus only lanes is not gonna cut it. Jamaica Center and Flushing is overrun and crowded with buses and it’s still not working properly for commuters.
One of the biggest challenges in the needs assessment is cost. Since projects in New York tend to be so expensive it’s a big question how much they’ll actually get done (see: the 2nd ave subway).
Indeed and even if money gets raised, you never know if the economy will crash, a natural disaster will happen, or the next administration will take away the budget.
@@UrbanCaffeinetakes willpower and awareness. Important to make people in the city, as well as the wider NY region aware of the benefits. Thanks for making this video.
i think mind blowing to me is that it seems to be a grand new concept that maintenance is something should happen to keep the investment running... something america seems to have forgotten... not only mta...
@@UrbanCaffeine That's because there's no grand opening for maintainence. Politicans don't get press for maintenance but they get photo ops for opening new infrastructure. The flip side doesn't play... if a decaying bridge collapses years of prior poor maintnace by their predecessor are blamed.
lol you kept the patreon pitch raw sound in the end. You said it perfectly fine the first time, then started a second take, cleared your throat and did a third. Anyway, I think that those of us who are interested in seeing this plan through should run for office now. You should run for office wherever you are, I think you're around Williamsburg (from your old videos) and I should run in Crown Heights.
Hahaha. I put this video together pretty fast so I guess I just missed the end. Glad to hear you watched all the way through! 😅 Public office is not for me, I'm clueless when it comes to political science. But I'm happy to support good candidates that do!
No, you mis-interperted it... using the "old saw" mentality... when you're trying to tell someone something in a presentation: "tell them once, tell them again and then tell them again just to make sure" 🤣🤣🤣
I think the stations should be a priority. Make them accessible and comfortable. And prioritize which stations! Some stations (i.e. IRT line) remind me of going into a bunker. MTA has improved stations. Give them credit. But with 470 stations, I am sure you can work to make them at least accessible to old folks (ya know, like me). Going up and down the stairs in some stations is a bitch.
I just want to thank you for all of your incredible videos and information you provide. I started watching you for transit info before moving to NYC and you have been the GOAT for me while I’ve been here for 2 years already. Your hard work and research is very much appreciated!!!
1) It seems like the MTA has the following cycle: They do these great studies and then come up with a plan of action or suggestions, then we hit a recession and plans get shelved indefinitely or scrapped. Then when the economy improves, those "old plans/solutions" become "obsolete" and new studies are called for. 🙄 Hopefully they get out of that cycle - OMNY implementation gives me hope. 2) You have a *MATRIX* "Deja Vu" starting at 9:11 😅 😎
It's been 11 years since Superstorm Sandy, and the NYC transit system is no better than it was at that time, as evident by the mess and almost complete shutdown of the system during the storm in September 2023
Top priorities to me if I were the head of MTA: Station remodeling (some stations are just disgusting!); escalator installment (cannot believe most station still requires taking the steps!)
sounds like you need a bob moses of transit who just kind of dominates mayors and governors to their great consternation for like 20 years and gets projects done. but like not for building roads and highways through minority neighborhoods and pools with cold water to keep black people out?
"What gets schduled gets done, what gets measured gets improved" is a partial sentence... "pending funding, political/managment agreement; union buy in and shareholder return". So what you're saying is its one step over a wishlist 🤣🤣 "A lot of people are skeptical.." now there's an understatement ...
Another good video. I think the single biggest piece of information in it was the $1.3 trillion assets figure. The scope of the work is really too big for uninformed amateurs to have a say. Everyone wants cleaner, more frequent and more reliable service; but how do we know which investments best deliver that? New track and switching? New subway cars? But it's good to see that real data is taking front and center stage more than ever... I think Andy Byford did that to the culture of MTA. Thank you
There's no need to built a park called Queensway. It's boring. Just build a queenslink. Q52 and Q53 select bus services and other local buses causing traffic congestion every time a driver cuts through the bus lane during rush hours.
I was looking over the projects that the MTA's assessment and these are the ones that stood out (for good or bad reasons; in order) of the appendix release: - Elmhurst Station Restoration: The main complaint against this station being built is that there is already a station on the QBL line. However, the MTA doesn't see that this station would allow commuters a vital station so people can access Northeastern Queens and Long Island or those who live in Northeastern Queens - Interborough Express: Nkit surprised it got good scores. However, the fact that they are considering having the line run on the road is not good. Any person working on it not considering changing the plan to not have its own tracks and instead use roads should be fired. - New Lots Line Extension: How is an elevated extension of less than 2 miles worth over 1 billion dollars? The MTA should consider reducing costs, like stopping at Linden Blvd similar to Harlem 148th St, where the station is built on the yard. - Rockaway Beach Reactivation (Subway; The Best Option): This one is a plan that would personally benefit me, yet the MTA is clearly favoring the Walmart version of the High Line (Queensway) over this vital North-South Connection of Queens (Queenslink). Going off-topic, but Queenslink includes BOTH parks and trains. But, the MTA is favoring that terrible park plan proposed by the Mayor, which let me say: They are building this when they have FOREST PARK near this. - Second Avenue Subway via 125th St: This plan should be incorporated in Phase 2 of the SAS. I'm glad that the MTA recognizes the need for this, but if they are giving it high scores, shouldn't they be giving the Rockaway Beach Branch Reactivation high scores, since they both do the same thing. Although one is in Manhattan, it will get higher priority despite Manhattan having a lower population than Queens and Brooklyn. - Utica/Nostrand Junction aka Rodgers Junction De-nterlining: Finally the MTA does the thing transit activists have been wanting to do for the sake of better capacity. Although, I think the 4 should go to New Lots and the 5 to Utica, sure. - Utica Avenue Line: Not surprised the MTA is favoring BRT over Subway because it is cheaper, yet will get overcongested. Also speaking about the Utica Avenue Line itself, it should not be $14 billion. After King Hwy, the line should be elevated due to the high water table in the area. I hope some of these plans aren't definitive and the city should be paying for these plans, not the MTA.
I think subway screen doors should be a priority. For the MTA to make money and get funding for projects, you need ridership. You also need to have ridership feel safe taking the subway. I don't care what that head of the MTA says about crime being down, take being pushed onto the tracks out of the equation, and it will be down even more. After that, with the addition of more cameras, maybe some will think twice about committing an assault as long as the laws include tougher sentences. Can't offer you a fix for mental health.
It looks like the MTA is on the right track (except selecting trams for the IBX and disregarding Queenslink, both issues I hope are resolved to the benefit of the ridership and ridership-shed). The MBTA up the coast in Boston is, unfortunately, a basket case with 30 years of deferred maintenance thanks to corrupt Bay State politicians (all of them!).
A lot of unnecessary sentences. You are talking so much but saying very few important content. Was very annoying watching this video. I hope you improve the way you script
