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Re: Why was 179th St/Jamaica 13 years late? |
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Posted by Russ on Sun Jan 4 17:08:10 2009, in response to Re: Why was 179th St/Jamaica 13 years late?, posted by Michael549 on Sun Jan 4 16:44:07 2009. Back in the 1930s, before we were living in the post-WWII car based "American Dream," the RPA - which was created by the real estate industry - was asking Moses to add the capability for future rail transit to his projects. This would have either meant building wider highways, or allowing a bridge like the Whitestone to have rail added later. He had information, from highly qualified people, that indicated that a multi-mode approach was better. He chose to ignore that information. This was before "the times" were defined by what everyone would build 20 years later. Moses defined "the times," from a planning perspective, and he chose to define it without rail. |
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