Interborough Express looks to bring trolley cars back to NYC streets with light rail connecting Brooklyn and Queens
The MTA says the proposed route will shorten travel between Bay Ridge and Jackson Heights by using light rail.
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The MTA says the proposed route will shorten travel between Bay Ridge and Jackson Heights by using light rail.
If all goes according to plan, the 14-mile light-rail passenger train linking Jackson Heights, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, 17 subway lines and more is still years away.But the planning and engineering
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials haven't decided whether to go with heavy rail akin to commuter or subway trains, a specially built bus system, or light rail. But a few constraints laid out by agency experts at town hall discussion could prompt the agency to chug ahead with light rail.