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Re: Middle Village and Maspeth NIMBYs come out to oppose IBX |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Tue Nov 11 07:57:05 2025, in response to Middle Village and Maspeth NIMBYs come out to oppose IBX, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Nov 10 15:25:14 2025. The proposed IBX is a $5 billion waste of money that will provide very little benefit.83% of the buildings within a 1/2 mile walking distance of a proposed IBX station are already within a 1/2 mile walking distance of an existing subway. The figure for all of NYC is 43%; the figure for Brooklyn is 64%; the figure for Queens is 45%. It essentially duplicates existing walk to subway service. Its proponents have inflated the population it would serve to 900K. The population that would gain walk-to-subway access is 62K. 47K could gain walk-to-subway access by more modest expansion of existing subway lines. According to the 2023 National Transportation Database, IBX's operating cost would be approximately $165 million per year. The additional annual operating cost for expanding two existing subway lines would be $74 million. The alternative, that was not considered in the MTA's Scoping Document, would provide 77% of proposed new walk-to-subway access for 44% of the proposed IBX's operating cost. |
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