The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough
From the moment that the first streetcars started rumbling along New York City’s streets in the 19th century, people have sought ways to make it easier, more efficient, and safer to get around the five boroughs. This can lead to brilliant innovations that change the city as we know it—the subway may be a broken mess now, but it’s one of the biggest catalysts in the development of modern-day New York—as well as hare-brained schemes that never go beyond the conceptual phases.
That desire to improve New York transportation continues to this day, and in addition to larger capital projects (like the MTA’s East Side Access, or Governor Andrew Cuomo’s push to modernize airports and other transit hubs), there are a plethora of ideas out there that would better connect the boroughs, or make the process of getting around just a smidge easier. (Though the viability of some of those is questionable, at best.)
So what could the future of NYC transportation look like? . . .