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This line is called IBX. It is the most transformative NYC transit project in modern history. Today, the Governor of New York announced that IBX is moving forward.

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-interborough-express-advancing-planning-active-phase

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Seriously a no-brainer, because THE ENTIRE TRAIN ROUTE EXISTS ALREADY!!! This is an old basically unused shipping rail line that already runs through Brooklyn and Queens! So they don't have to do the biggest hardest part of building a new rail line in a packed city - the tunneling! All they have to do is install stations for the train to stop at! That's still a big project of course, but the hardest part is already pre-created!
It's so desperately needed. Anyone who has used the subway in NYC knows what a pain it is if you want to go between Brooklyn and queens. Best case you catch the G which if you're going to the outer side of the borough is still a long way out of your way. This would be a critical link between the very sprawling lines, and definitely will revitalize the outer edges
Can't wait until Dried Turnip shuts it down with an executive order 🥲
- i so desperately want to see locals go "okay, who cares?" and do it anyway
Which line, there’s like 200 lines? Sorry I just don’t know NYC’s transit well.
- That's okay, it's the purple on one the left. It's a big deal because as you can see, their network is more of a "hub and spoke" where all of the lines go through Manhattan. But if you want to go from Brooklyn to queens you have to take huge detours armnd roundabout ways to get there. This connects most of the lines at the edges
  
  Ugh, in Chicago we have the same hub and spoke problem. So frustrating.
- It's the purple one that curves around from the bottom left of the map along the bottom of the map, then curves up along the right side of the map.
Let’s just hope it doesn’t take 30yrs to open.
- Still worth it if it does.
IBX? I think they have tablets for that now.
I mean it's a good project, but not even close to being the most impactful NYC transit project in modern history.
- No, it really is. Name another single individual nyc subway project from the past 50 years that created a bigger expansion of available service. This is the biggest one, and by a massive amount
  
  Well obviously the 2nd Ave Subway for starters.
- I guess that's one way of describing 9/11...
It would be weird if they made it only move backwards.
I had to go on a low FODMAP diet for about a week once and it was awful. I feel bad for people who have to do that all their life.
- This is an IBX map, not a FODMAP.
It is the most transformative NYC transit project in modern history.
Hum... I highly doubt it. Maybe in the USA. Or even, maybe around NYC. At best.
PS: OP edited the title after my comment.
Also a very loose usage of modern history. All the lines were created in the last 100-something years. So 1 more line seems important (because this trip currently sucks), sure. But it's really dismissive of the existing network.
- It is the most transformative NYC transit project in modern history.
  I think you missed a word
  
  Op edited the title after my comment
- No, it really is the most transformative NYC transit project in the world
  
  Op edited the title after my comment
- Oh you're thinking of the OTHER NYC
  
  Op edited the title after my comment...

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