The Queens Boulevard Subway was built as part of the vast Independent…
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The futureNYCSubway: Queens-Flushing Trunk Line Revisited
In my original futureNYCSubway plan I proposed a new trunk subway line…
Would the 42 St Shuttle be better if it ran to Herald Sq and Penn Station?
While digging through old subway plans on Archive.org I found this odd…
Unbuilt Highways of New York City and Robert Moses
Few people loom as large in the annals of New York City…
NYC Subway Ridership Visualized
Every year the MTA releases ridership data for its subway and bus…
futureNYCSubway v3
After posting the second version of my futureNYCSubway plan last week I…
Maps of the 1912 NYS Public Service Commission
In 1912, 100 years ago this year, New York City was in…
The futureNYCSubway: TriboroRX & Atlantic Ave Express
TriboroRX The Triboro RX Line was proposed in the Third Regional Plan…
The futureNYCSubway: Staten Island
Presently, Staten Island has only one passenger rail system, the Staten Island…
The futureNYCSubway: Bushwick Trunk Line
Because of how and when Brooklyn developed in the 19th Century it…
The futureNYCSubway: 2nd Ave Subway Future
The last four posts have all been about the history of subway…
The futureNYCSubway: 2nd Avenue Subway History
The Second Ave Subway: An Introduction Ask an old time New Yorker…