John Hennessy III,
P.E.
The L train shutdown — which will compel tens of thousands of New Yorkers to find an alternate route between Brooklyn and Manhattan — is a year away. But it’s not too soon to prepare. This morning Transportation Alternatives organized the first L Train Bike Train to get Brooklynites in the swing of riding across the Williamsburg Bridge into Manhattan.
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TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES BRT PLANNING INTERNATIONAL Executive Summary The L Train, between Eighth Avenue in Manhattan and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, will be closed for approximately 15 months, beginning in April of 2019. This shutdown is necessary to finalize repairs to damages caused by flooding from Superstorm Sandy. The potential cataclysm that this represents cannot be […]
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The L has become synonymous with the Brooklyn brand; ridership at Brooklyn’s Bedford Avenue station has increased more than thirty percent since 2010. The L train’s surrounding Brooklyn communities will absorb the economic impact of this tunnel closure: jobs, commutes dining and nightlife will be affected.
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