Yeah they do make a big mess. But if my yard had a rat infestation and a mulberry tree, I'd say it only had 1 problem.

Didnt realize that yardwork could be dirty? Especially when your threshold for dirtiness is.... a mulberry tree.

The rat issues could probably be mitigated with a cat or a dog.

Well the tunnel proposal was to extend NY135 from Oyster Bay to the I287 in Port Chester, nowhere near Calverton, NY and also not even connected to CT.

Southbound traffic from I95 from CT to NJ through Queens/Long Island is unlikely to relieve much congestion for anyone since all the LIE/BQE/Belt Pkwy is already near capacity anyway.

Any Oyster Bay - Stamford connection would be too expensive to build and maintain and would be too close to the existing Bronx-Queens bridges to have that big of an impact in reducing vehicle-miles traveled

Well the more likely alternative is taking the E to the 7 at JH or 6 at Lex/53

Sorry, best we can do is warehouses and giant unused parking lots

But if the plane was wifi enabled, you couldve done that anyway

These comments are weird. Your phones don't get signal at cruising altitude anyway, only at takeoff and landing when you are close enough to the towers.

Partly the cost and also because it's sort of a temporary measure, like a painted curb extension. There are some curb extensions that are upgraded to full concrete pavements after they've proved successful.

They want to keep at least one curb for deliveries

You need to have a parking lane for curbside deliveries / service vehicles at the very least or cargo trucks will end up blocking the travel lane. That implies that parking is restricted to commercial vehicles only.

The Metro North and Amtrak owned Hudson River lines are not suitable for higher speed rail. They currently have a max speed of around 80 mph due to how curved the track is

It's also a bit premature considering we don't even have electrified rail service on the LIRR east of Ronkonkoma and Babylon