Comments on: SAS construction delayed for more entrance studies http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/01/sas-construction-delayed-for-more-entrance-studies/ A New York City Subway Blog Fri, 25 May 2012 06:33:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/01/sas-construction-delayed-for-more-entrance-studies/#comment-42686 Greg Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:33:33 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1098#comment-42686 Why don't they just admit that nothing can ever be built in this city ever again and cancel the whole project. Why don’t they just admit that nothing can ever be built in this city ever again and cancel the whole project.

]]> By: Cap'n Transit http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/01/sas-construction-delayed-for-more-entrance-studies/#comment-42159 Cap'n Transit Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:55:19 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1098#comment-42159 Thanks for letting me know about the Staten Island Expressway project, Boris. I've added it to the <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pJaFSnR0iG0ZVbkztPcwzJw" rel="nofollow">Spreadsheet o'Boondoggles</a>. Hm, $50 million <a href="http://capntransit.blogspot.com/2008/04/boondoggles-state-budget.html" rel="nofollow">sounds familiar</a>... Thanks for letting me know about the Staten Island Expressway project, Boris. I’ve added it to the Spreadsheet o’Boondoggles.

Hm, $50 million sounds familiar…

]]> By: Benjamin Kabak http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/01/sas-construction-delayed-for-more-entrance-studies/#comment-42084 Benjamin Kabak Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:12:20 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1098#comment-42084 Not only would we end congestion forever, but we would have a start-of-the-art system with the new lines — SAS, for one — that we need. It's a damn shame really. Not only would we end congestion forever, but we would have a start-of-the-art system with the new lines — SAS, for one — that we need. It’s a damn shame really.

]]> By: Boris http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/01/sas-construction-delayed-for-more-entrance-studies/#comment-42083 Boris Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:11:01 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1098#comment-42083 I clicked on the NY1 link to check out the story and noticed a link to another news item, "Transit Officials To Ease Congestion At S.I. Expressway." Apparently, $50 million just appeared out of the blue for road construction in Staten Island. Don't you just love how road projects find millions upon millions of dollars at the drop of a hat, while public transit projects have to go begging? Multiply $50 million by the number of such projects statewide, and it's easy to see that if that amount was spent on public transit, we could end congestion forever. But now we'll have to deal with years of construction delays just to end up right where we started sometime in the 2010's. I clicked on the NY1 link to check out the story and noticed a link to another news item, “Transit Officials To Ease Congestion At S.I. Expressway.” Apparently, $50 million just appeared out of the blue for road construction in Staten Island. Don’t you just love how road projects find millions upon millions of dollars at the drop of a hat, while public transit projects have to go begging?

Multiply $50 million by the number of such projects statewide, and it’s easy to see that if that amount was spent on public transit, we could end congestion forever. But now we’ll have to deal with years of construction delays just to end up right where we started sometime in the 2010′s.

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