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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sun Nov 8 15:15:06 2009, in response to Re: Yankees Parade = Staten Island Transit Disaster, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 8 00:44:33 2009. They would have more political clout in NJ and would certainly get better transit options quicker.For what it's worth, if Staten Island ends up being absorbed into New Jersey, it's going to end up being one of the largest municipal jurisdictions in the state, and potentially, the largest city in the state. Given Staten Island's traditional Republican leanings, this may rig politics slightly rightward in the State. Of course, it remains to be seen how property taxes would fare given that NYC property taxes are low, and some homes were built with a ten year tax abatement. In terms of transit, despite NJT's relatively productive capital programme over the past thirty years, past performance is certainly not indicative of future performance. Even if the project converts from an joint MTA-NJT project, it converts into a fully-funded NJT project that competes with a long list of projects on NJT's capital programme list. The MTA's capital expansion projects other than SAS and the Javits extension are basically capacity increases (ESA, LIRR third track), while NJT's projects are expansionary other than THE Tunnel, and there's the theoretical electrification plans to compete with. |
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