Cross-Brooklyn subway line could revolutionize commuting in the borough
Leaving Brooklyn? Fuggehddaboudit.
According to a new study conducted by the Regional Plan Association (RPA), New Yorkers throughout the boroughs, excluding Manhattan, are not getting as much bang for their buck as they’d like when it comes to accessible mass transit.
The study, called “Overlooked Boroughs: Where New York City’s Transit Falls Short and How to Fix it,” details the shortcomings of the city’s transit system, why the system was designed this way, and some possible solutions on how to fix the problem—a problem that leaves the more than 60 percent of Brooklynites without cars literally out in the cold.