Sentences with phrase «many subway lines»

Tougher to predict, but when almost everyone can summon a reasonably priced ride to go anywhere, only the least affluent people will care about true public transport, like bus routes and subway lines.

Track closures mean some people find other ways into the city, including ferries, buses and PATH trains, a subway line running between lower Manhattan and New Jersey.

Every yacht club in the country would probably be Occupied by now, if only the subway lines went that far.

While the merits of building a subway line over a light - rail one are, in this instance, contentious, the move at least bucks a trend in Toronto, a city where subway plans are often scrapped — not formed on short notice (not to mention at a higher cost).

The seven - lane street allows cars access to the Manhattan Bridge, Interstate 78, and the Holland Tunnel, as well as pedestrian access to nearly every subway line in Manhattan.

Here, then, are five previously planned Toronto subway lines — all bigger than the hotly debated Scarborough extension — that never reached the end of the tunnel.

And if you miss it, don't worry too much — the entire subway line is normally on display at the New York Transit Museum.

Our midtown location at Bay - Bloor is sophisticated and inspiring — a premium offering of private offices, dedicated desks and coworking space located on the subway line and steps to the high - end shops and restaurants of Yorkville..

«We see the $ 370 - million allocated for the Lower Mainland as a down payment that will help move forward two key projects that our organization has been advocating for — the extension of the Broadway subway line, and rapid transit into Surrey and Langley,» said Black.

The property is also just two blocks away from the Atlantic Terminal with access to the D, N, R, B, Q, 2,3,4,5 subway lines and the LIRR, making the commute in and out of Manhattan just 15 minutes.

A subway line which runs beneath it is suspected of making things worse.

Easy to get to by public transportation and by car, Copley Square is ideally situated by a terrific transportation system with subway lines steps away and Amtrak and Greyhound terminals nearby.

While the MTA is undertaking a $ 836 million emergency plan to reverse the New York City subway's precipitous slide, an equally consequential crisis has been brewing aboard the city's public buses, which provide more than 725 million rides a year and reach places that are not close to a subway line.

If things continue at that pace, according to the Times, transforming all of the subway lines won't be complete for another 50 years at a cost of $ 20 billion.

Parsons Brinckerhoff has previously worked on projects at the San Francisco International Airport, the O'Hare International Airport and New York's Second Avenue Subway and No. 7 subway line extension, according to its website.

As for the 7 subway line extension, that doesn't run through her potential district, it's in Manhattan only.

The proposed light rail would run for 14 miles from Astoria, Queens, to Sunset Park, Brooklyn, making stops in areas that do not have a subway line, such as the Navy Yard and Red Hook.

Though the event was basically a self - congratulatory cocktail party for Governor Cuomo, intended to celebrate the «on time» completion of the subway line, there were some exciting moments — namely the inaugural ride itself, which was commandeered by MTA chairman Thomas Prendergast and traveled to the three new stations on the Second Avenue line.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a barrage of big transit plans during his State of the State address, including congestion pricing and a possible new subway line to Red Hook.

«I am also calling on the MTA to take steps to improve transportation options to Red Hook, including studying the potential of a new subway line to connect Red Hook to Manhattan.»

2nd Avenue subway opens to the public Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, MTA chairman Thomas Prendergast and everyday New Yorkers experience the public opening of the long - awaited 2nd Avenue subway line on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, on Manhattan's East Side.

Delays on a crowded Brooklyn subway line couldn't have happened at a worse time for the MTA — just as Cynthia Nixon was visiting during Thursday's morning rush to attack...

London has already installed a computerized signal network on four of its 10 main subway lines, with work is underway on four more.

The Reservoir project was completed in 1906, in 1914 the Grand Concourse was completed and in 1917 the extension of the Jerome Avenue subway line combined to make Bedford Park a fixture in the Bronx.

All LIRR riders will be given a free transfer during the morning rush to New York City subways at Atlantic Terminal and Hunterspoint Avenue which have direct and easy connections to multiple subway lines.

The letter also suggests that Cuomo consider shutting done entire subway lines overnight to fast - track repair work.

The long - awaited, $ 4.45 Billion Second Avenue subway line is now 82 percent complete, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has said.

The delegation will meet with Biden's staff in the hopes of landing cash to build a station for the subway line's extension.

An abandoned $ 300 million condo conversion, 19 New Developments Along The Second Avenue subway line, and 12 billionaires who could buy all of Manhattan...

From the January issue: Barring any unforeseen catastrophe, the Upper East Side should have a new subway line in 2017.

The concerns about new buildings and new residents overtaxing schools, sewers and subway lines are the same as with Astoria Cove, as are the fears of losing the very features that define New York City neighborhoods, make them attractive to outsiders and beloved to longtime residents — their architecture, their ethnic flavor, the familiarity and affection between members of a cohesive community.

Delays on a crowded Brooklyn subway line couldn't have happened at a worse time for the MTA — just as Cynthia Nixon was visiting during Thursday's morning rush to attack Gov. Andrew Cuomo's oversight of the transit agency.

The first portion of the Second Avenue subway line began carrying the public Sunday under Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Rozic stood beside city elected officials, including Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Fresh Meadows) to call on the MTA's reversal of drastic $ 93 million annual cuts made in 2010, which included the slashing of 32 bus routes and reduction of three subway lines.

Erie County, which includes Buffalo, has the state's only other subway line, a light rail system that connects the city's downtown with its northern outskirts.

At his noon briefing, however, de Blasio said he backed the state's decision to shutter the outdoor portion of the city's subway lines.

For years, the promise of a Second Avenue subway line has tantalized residential developers who have been hungrily eying the stretch of the Upper East... [more]

Sen. Daniel Squadron asked the MTA to review both subway lines with increased riders on weekends.

After the streetcar proposal was announced, critics were outspoken about potential pitfalls, questioning whether improvements to Select Bus Service, Bus Rapid Transit, or subway lines would be more efficient or effective.

The new 1.5 - mile rail line would connect the airport to the current Willets Point station that serves Long Island Rail Road commuters and the No. 7 subway line.

The book includes plenty of policy and financing ideas, including the innovative way the city raised $ 2.5 billion through a little - known type of bond offering to extend the No. 7 subway line west into Hudson Yards rather than convincing the state to bankroll the project.

«Someone at the Second Avenue subway opening was asking me if I would take that subway line to work, and I did not have an opportunity to tell that individual to think about the route to Brooklyn, then to City Hall,» de Blasio said at an unrelated press conference in response to a question about his subway - riding habits.

The city of Rochester is taking another step for development plans at the site of the old subway line.

Cuomo then took the lion's share of the credit for the construction of the 2nd Avenue subway line, while trying to shift blame for the subway's general woes to de Blasio.

New Yorkers had their last chance for an underground tour of the Second Avenue subway line before the Q train begins running from the East 63rd Street station to a new stop at East 96th Street late this year.

A day after presiding over the opening of a subway line in Manhattan that had been discussed for nearly a century, MTA Chair Thomas F. Prendergast announced that he would retire as head of the New York City region's sprawling transit system.

Members of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board are expected to consider a proposal today to bring back the W subway line, which was eliminated during 2010 service cuts.

«The No. 7 train is a critical subway line for Queens and for which repair and repaint have been long overdue,» said Queens Borough President Melinda Katz.

The court found that working class residents shared a common language, lived in similar types of housing, used the same subway lines and health clinics, and got their news from Chinese - language media.

New York City Council Member Larry B. Seabrook, Chair of the Civil Rights Committee and Council Member John Liu, Chair of the Transportation will host a community meeting and speak out in District 12, on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's toll and fare increases and service cuts on bus and subway lines.