NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal examines the push, by some, to build a subway line along the busy Roosevelt Boulevard. Some lawmakers see this as “the moment” to build the train line in the grassy median. It would come at a big cost, however.
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Awesome idea 😂 Tranq and Zombie drug access now extended via Roosevelt Blvd all the way up to Neshaminy. Excellent!!!🎉👍🏼👏
it would be a great idea
We can’t have anything nice in this city, forget about it.
We could put speed cameras in the subway and fine the train operators. That would fund the project.
PS: I’m staunchly opposed to anymore public transportation projects that bring city folks to the suburbs.
lol
Yes please!
People would not use it except traction enthusiasts. Practically ALL you see on the so-called boulevard are people passing through the city – – going out! Nearly ALL people commuting into center city from the north gravitate to the existing train stations, which do a pretty good job facilitation commuters. And please, do not even try to compare the public transportation needs of northeast Philadelphia to Brooklyn , Queens, or the Bronx or even Hoboken. And what is this non-sense putting subway station in the boulevard center lanes as people get killed every day just crossing those intersections on your boulevard by those in a hurry to – – get out of the city! The mayoral candidates of course want to see it because that's tens of billions (cost overruns) going into the city for a tunnel that would eventually need to be plugged as done on Arch Street east of Broad; and look what happened there. Only Northeast Philadelphians would gladly vote for a worthless subway construction project. Whoever suggested doing a Ph.D. thesis on such urban planning might first seek a little advise from MIT or Wharton.
We don’t deserve nuttin nice in this cty
It can bring criminals to the suburbs by not using their own cars. Bad idea doing this. Septa will raise prices to $5 a ride. It's already too expensive.
Be great for criminals 😢😢thanks democrats
IF there was more local support less cars would probably off the roads. SEPTA needs to expand . The forecast of 100k riders vs 10k riders ….I'll take the 100k riders thats gonna generate money, and make a good investment. The Center City Commuter tunnel was a option and it was chosen and today the regional rail runs through downtown making it easier to commute from point A to point B. I'm for a Roosevelt Blvd Subway !!!!!!
$10 billion dollars? You better build a baby bullet train to Atlantic City!!!
Explain why it was never expanded in the first place.
HE proposed it? lol wtf