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Re: Canarsie Line Relocation Proposal Circa 1968 |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Thu Dec 29 09:15:13 2005, in response to Re: Canarsie Line Relocation Proposal Circa 1968, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Dec 29 06:25:10 2005. You're right. The Board of Estimate did propose new subway lines (I thought it was 11, not 13, but it wouldn't surprise me if it were 13) without stopping to think about just where in hell they'd get the money.Even counting the 4 for 1 federal match which San Francisco and Washington used to get their systems started, there couldn't possibly have been enough money for 13 new lines. Maybe two or three full length ones if everything had been handled right and NYC hadn't been diving into bankruptcy. The Beame Shuffle, the most moronic thing an NYC Mayor ever did, forfeited $1 billion in federal funds in the 1970s. Had that event not happened, one full-length line (say, the Archer Av project or the 63rd St project) would have been implemented as originally intended. |
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