Despite funding questions, MTA rolls on with the IBX
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While funding for the ambitious Interborough Borough Express is still in limbo, the MTA is going full throttle on the proposed Brooklyn-Queens connector.
Read MoreMTA to hold open houses on IBX
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The MTA will soon hold a series of public town halls on their ambitious plan to build a light rail from Queens to Brooklyn, even as funding for the project remains in question.
Read MoreIBX inches forward but funding questions remain
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The Interborough Express moved one station closer to its destination this week.
Read MoreMTA says it wants to kickstart IBX – but funding questions remain
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The MTA proposed allocating over $2 billion to pay for the first steps needed to build the Interborough Express, a 14-mile light rail that would connect Queens to Brooklyn.
Read MoreGov’s Interborough Express faces uncertain future after gov’s congestion pricing pause
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A little more than two years after Governor Kathy Hochul first introduced plans to build the Interborough Express, the future of her ambitious plan to build the much-needed public transit option for Queens and Brooklyn residents appears to be uncertain, almost entirely as a result of the governor's own 11th-hour pause on the implementation of the MTA’s congestion pricing plan.
Read MoreHochul lays out plans for Queens in State of the State address
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On Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her 2024 State of the State address, discussing issues like affordability, housing and mental health. Her wider goals, outlined in a 180-page document, included a handful of plans that are specific to or stand to affect Queens.
Read More‘A miracle’ : Queens residents get excited about IBX, but new rail line likely won’t come any time soon
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Queens residents filed into an Elmhurst elementary school last week to hear MTA officials pitch the Interborough Express, a proposed light rail line to connect Queens to Brooklyn that could eventually eliminate an aggravating and time-consuming trip through Manhattan for thousands of riders a day.
Read MoreMTA opens comments for Interborough Express
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The Metropolitan Transit Authority is moving forward with a proposal to directly connect Jackson Heights to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Read MoreInterborough Express is feasible, MTA says in new study
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“Infrastructure is all about connection.”
Read MoreHochul promises new rail line in Queens during State of State address
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Governor Kathy Hochul has directed the MTA to begin a review of a stretch of abandoned rail that runs from Queens to Brooklyn.
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