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Re: Lower Montauk Branch Passenger Rail Study (Final Report 2018) could cost over $2 Billion |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Tue Oct 1 09:39:42 2019, in response to Re: Lower Montauk Branch Passenger Rail Study (Final Report 2018) could cost over $2 Billion, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Sep 30 20:02:17 2019. The percentage of Queens residents living within 1/2 mile of subway is increasing because of new construction of apartments in LIC, Elmhurst, and Rego.That's an interesting hypothesis. The LEHD census data is available yearly. 2017 is the latest data. The 2010 census/2017 LEHD workers comparison is: 78.0%/80.2% for Bklyn; 77.0%/78.1% for the Bronx; 98.1%/98.5% for Manhattan; 47.3%/51.5% for Queens; 25.5%/25.1% for Staten Island. There are still a lot of Queens residents who do not live within 1/2 mile walking distance of a subway. Lower Montauk goes through a park, industrial zone, and areas with lots of 1 family homes. The lower Montauk would change the Queens count from 51.5% to 53.5%. But that would change if this project happens. Apartment buildings would pop up everywhere. There's the question of whether current residents or real estate speculators should benefit from public investment. |
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