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MTA Launches Public Workshops for Interborough Express Light Rail

The outreach marks the next step in the MTA’s biggest expansion in more than 50 years.

Overview

  • The MTA set six in-person workshops across Brooklyn and Queens to collect feedback as part of the Interborough Express environmental review.
  • The agency also posted new drone video that traces the proposed 14-mile route from the Brooklyn Army Terminal to Roosevelt Avenue in Queens.
  • Plans call for transfers to 17 subway lines, 51 bus routes, and the Long Island Rail Road to speed trips that now require going through Manhattan.
  • MTA modeling estimates about 21.8 million fewer car miles each year if the line opens, which would cut greenhouse gas pollution.
  • Neighbors welcome better transit yet warn about tree loss, noise, odors from nearby freight trains, and station footprints along the shared corridor.