Grass8989 t1_j9v2xxl wrote on February 24, 2023 at 7:43 PM

Reply to comment by Important-Ad1871 in Burying Moses' biggest middle finger to the city? Plan to tunnel the BQE being discussed by scooterflaneuse

The BQE has no viable alternative and is part of the interstate highway system(I-278) It also is major commercial thoroughfare for the entire city, so no.

D_Ashido t1_j9v8sdu wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:20 PM

BQE is actually I-278. One of the few highways that was built from the controversial Interstate 78 NYC project.

Grass8989 t1_j9v8w05 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:21 PM

Typo thanks

[deleted] t1_j9v93q0 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:22 PM

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D_Ashido t1_j9vaimh wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:31 PM

> The city survived just fine before the BQE, and would be able to do so again if it went away.

When the city was fine with it, we didn't have the population it does today AND we didn't debilitate our Borough's railroad infrastructure yet. Bay Ridge Branch was catenary electrified and multi track service with stubs to directly serve vendors for freight; solving the need for all of the trucks traveling to reach areas in Brooklyn. (Not subway)

We've done very little to boost up other modes of transportation outside of automobiles and now when we need alts we are screwed.

TetraCubane t1_j9vbhbn wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:38 PM

Congestion on the Van Wyck and Cross Island would skyrocket.

b1argg t1_j9vaj2j wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:31 PM

by "served by" you mean barely even entered