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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_ixa4vdi wrote

Reply to comment by drkensaccount in !TPK project budget more than doubles to 10 billion by ReadenReply

Far cheaper is the BRT plan I keep yapping about, and a heavy rail PATH style train will simply NEVER happen, the cost is far far too high.

Make Ocean from the Bayonne line up to Summit, JSQ PATH and all the way to 495 (and then to 42nd St PA) a Bus Rapid Transit route. No cars, just buses with loading platforms and stops every 1/2 mile like a subway or Light Rail. Signal priority so they zoom through the lights. It would be just like having a Subway line the length of the city and it would transform JC!

All the whining about needing parking for cars will be undercut by a massive improvement in the local transit and connections to the city and PATH at a relatively cheap cost compared to any other option. Yes there's current bus lines, but they are slow and often undependable especially during the heavy traffic hours they're needed most. This would be more like a Light rail with no tracks to lay. And make them electric or hydrogen powered.

Here's the route: https://imgur.com/qlDOTO1

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superepicunicornturd t1_ixcw4jo wrote

YES! The state even did a fucking study that said that it was good idea but for some reason can't find the funding to do it... but yet the DoT can magically summon 10 billion for 6 miles of highway

https://www.hcnj.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/8.12.13-Hudson-BRT-FINAL-8.20.13-PB-Edits.pdf

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_ixdmu2x wrote

Thanks for that, I didn't know about that study, but as a lifelong professional creative, I've found that some ideas are pretty obvious. I do think it's too ambitious trying to take JFK, that's why I propose Ocean & Summit.

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Jctexan t1_ixai0fd wrote

This is a great idea and would be great to add a bike path to that

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_ixawv03 wrote

Sure, once you take an entire street there's lots of possibilities. But that's exactly why it will never happen, just the loss of parking will flip out the car crowd.

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