#interborough express

The MTA dropped their long awaited planning study for the Interboro Express (IBX) and have selected Light Rail Transit (LRT) as the preferred mode of transportation. This was hinted at months ago when a number of Twitter posts alluded to issues running Conventional Rail (CR) like subway or LIRR trains through the East New York Tunnel. Rendering of IBX LRT at Flatbush/Nostrand Ave station.…

A Tunnel Too Far, Part 1: Staten Island’s Failed Pipe Dream

In the annals of New York infrastructure history, projects like the 2nd Ave Subway loom large. But while 2nd Ave has progressed, and other projects like an Utica Ave Line or Rockaway Beach Branch get their cans kicked down the road once a generation, one unrealized dream looms like a mountain beyond the horizon: a tunnel to Staten Island. Staten Island is the southernmost point in both New York…

Make no small plans. This Friday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a new subway line connecting the Bronx and Queens.

Map showing the route of the proposed new subway service. Make no small plans. This Friday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a new subway line connecting the Bronx and Queens. In her State of the State address in January, Gov Hochul announced plans for a new transit line connecting Brooklyn and Queens, dubbed the Interborough Express. This plan was based on a previous plan by the…

It was late afternoon on New Year’s Eve and flurries were blowing in from Erie Basin, sweeping through the Food Bazaar parking lot and up Conover Street, pushing me into Sunny’s. Izzy poured me a generous Dewar’s and I hunkered down in the booth by the door to peck out my annual retrospective. Oh what a wretched year. Pancreatic cancer swiftly took Virginia, my wife of 40 years and Trump even…

New York City, July 30, 2025 – In a historic milestone for NYC transit, the MTA announced today that it has awarded a $166 million design contract for the Interborough Express (IBX) — a light‑rail project that will finally link Brooklyn and Queens without forcing riders through Manhattan QNS+6Time Out Worldwide+6Reddit+6. 🚆 A 14‑Mile Light‑Rail Corridor Built on Existing Tracks The IBX spans 14…

In my efforts to build community support for the QueensLink, I find myself talking to people about extending the M train. Since the M loops back into Queens, some folks thought that we were planning on extending it from its Middle Village end, not from Queens Blvd. Once people realize this, the inevitable next question I get is, “Why doesn’t the M train loop up to Roosevelt Ave to make a…

Governor Hochul has left out The #Bronx from an originally proposed rail line that would connect The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn and is now instead focusing on connecting just Brooklyn and Queens with the Interborough Express (IBX) line

Last week, Governor Kathy Hochul directed the Metropolitan Transit Authority to move forward with taking a look to see if an Interborough Express line (IBX) connecting Brooklyn and Queens would be feasible. To that end, Governor Hochul announced yesterday that the MTA has completed the feasibility study and, in fact, such a transportation line is feasible which would connect 17 subway lines and…