#MTA IBX

[mattzaller]

Video for the MTA introducing the new proposed transit line connecting Brooklyn and Queens.

[hyperrealcartography]

Why Doesn't The M Loop in Queens?

In my efforts to build community support for the QueensLink, I find myself talking to people about extending the M train. Since the M loops back into Queens, some folks thought that we were planning on extending it from its Middle Village end, not from Queens Blvd. Once people realize this, the inevitable next question I get is, “Why doesn’t the M train loop up to Roosevelt Ave to make a…

[amtrak-official]

I know you don't even care but the MTA just announced $2.75 billion in funding for the IBX light rail in NYC over the next 4 years which will cover half the price of the project and will vote on construction of it next week

[transformationofmatter]

a very good primer on the problems with the ibx project... in the words of vanshnookenraggen: "If the MTA actually fights for street running here, we should fire everyone on the project."

[welcome2thebronx]

Gov Hochul leaves The Bronx out of transformative Interborough Express

Governor Hochul has left out The #Bronx from an originally proposed rail line that would connect The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn and is now instead focusing on connecting just Brooklyn and Queens with the Interborough Express (IBX) line

Last week, Governor Kathy Hochul directed the Metropolitan Transit Authority to move forward with taking a look to see if an Interborough Express line (IBX) connecting Brooklyn and Queens would be feasible. To that end, Governor Hochul announced yesterday that the MTA has completed the feasibility study and, in fact, such a transportation line is feasible which would connect 17 subway lines and…

[hyperrealcartography]

IBX: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

The MTA dropped their long awaited planning study for the Interboro Express (IBX) and have selected Light Rail Transit (LRT) as the preferred mode of transportation. This was hinted at months ago when a number of Twitter posts alluded to issues running Conventional Rail (CR) like subway or LIRR trains through the East New York Tunnel. Rendering of IBX LRT at Flatbush/Nostrand Ave station.…

[amtrak-official]

The MTA has released their new 20 year plan for a full subway and LIRR modernisation including the second Avenue Subway extension to Harlem, building the IBX, Penn Access, replacing the Park Avenue Tunnel, improving the Atlantic Avenue tunnel, electrifing the bus fleets, over 70 bridge and viaduct replacements, increasing accessibility, and general storm surge prevention measures.

[amtrak-official]

I have big News for NYC, the IBX light rail line between Queens and Brooklyn has been given final approval by the MTA and Environmental Review is set to begin soon!

[hyperrealcartography]

A quick look at the MTA's 2025-2044 20-Year Needs Assessment

A quick look at the MTA’s 2025-2044 20-Year Needs Assessment

Early this morning the MTA quietly published the initial outline of their new 20-Year Needs Assessment (YNA) study which is now underway and will be finished in October 2023. The MTA claims that they put together a list of needs and wants every five years, but this is the first time that I’ve seen it been open for public discussion. Most of the MTA 5-Year Capital Plans are dedicated to…