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Tale of the Tape:
NYC’s Big Plans
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Proposed Project |
Need |
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Second Avenue subway |
Relieve unbearable, chronic
crowding on the Lexington Avenue line. Bring mass transit system
up to date with East Side residential and business growth. Provide
new high-volume transit link to Lower Manhattan. Provide
additional East Side transit capacity needed when Long Island
Railroad is linked to Grand Central Terminal. |
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Cross-harbor freight tunnel |
Reduce or forestall relentless
growth of tractor trailer traffic into and through the city and
its neighborhoods. Provide economical long-distance freight
movement option to NYC, Long Island and SW Connecticut. |
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# 7 train extension
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Open new Manhattan frontier for
large-scale real estate, convention center and sports arena
development. |
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