Comments on: Federal Transit Administration kicking in $1.3B for the Second Ave. Subway

By: Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » Feds repeating the past $1.3B pay-out for SAS

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:11:55 +0000

[...] federal approval was simply a formality after a September announcement that the FTA had given this $1.3-billion expenditure the greenlight. A rubber stamp approval from the Bush Administration was simply a [...]

By: Angus Grieve-Smith

Angus Grieve-Smith — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:04:45 +0000

It wasn’t the full Senate, only the Senate Finance Committee.

By: David

David — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:29:32 +0000

Sorry for not posting the source. I read about it in The Daily News.

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:59:48 +0000

Marc: The railink story is here.. More on that later today.

By: Marc Shepherd

Marc Shepherd — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:52:25 +0000

Where did you read that the Senate approved $2 billion for the JFK rail link? I’m not disagreeing, but I must have missed that one.

I have mixed feelings about the rail link. I’ve always been a supporter of the project, and I strongly believe that NYC’s transit system needs expansion in many places, not just one.

But the fact is that the SAS is the single most urgent expansion project that we have, and at present there is funding for only one of its four phases. Even if Congress finally approves $2 billion for the rail link, that would still leave about $4 billion unfunded—and that assumes that the $6 billion cost estimate is accurate, which it very well may not be. Where’s all that money going to come from?

By: David

David — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:12:31 +0000

This is definitely great news especially those who are daily Lexington Avenue riders. I think the JFK rail link is not dead though as the Senate approved $2 billion dollars for the project last week.

By: Second Avenue Subway Getting More Funds! | Transit Blogger

Second Avenue Subway Getting More Funds! | Transit Blogger — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:40:29 +0000

[...] In a story I first read at Second Ave Sagas, the Second Avenue Subway is getting more federal funds. The increase announced yesterday was a staggering $1.3 billion dollars. For more details, I suggest reading Benjamin’s entry here. [...]