Gov. Kathy Hochul released an initial MTA study into her plan to build a public transit link between Brooklyn and Queens on Thursday.
, when she told the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to perform an assessment and identify the best transit option for the corridor — heavy rail, light rail or bus rapid transit.
The planned line would connect residents and workers to the Long Island Railroad and 17 subway lines, the governor has said. The Interborough Express would serve roughly 129,000 residents who make daily trips within or across Brooklyn and Queens as well as 85,000 commuters who work in Manhattan, she has announced.
Also Thursday, the MTA provided a 21-page presentation that laid out the potential project in additional details in response to a Freedom of Information request from The Post — notable both for what it included as what it left out. The MTA says those requirements mean that segments of the route through Brooklyn would need to be elevated above the freight tracks due to safety requirements if it pursued either the light rail or bus way options. Heavier commuter trains must meet federal requirements to run alongside freight trains.
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