Hey Bloomberg, Buy Your Own 7 Train to New Jersey!

Stephen Smith
October 28, 2011
Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces

A few days ago, Mayor Bloomberg made a startling announcement: The 7 train extension to New Jersey is still on. The idea was first floated last year as a replacement for the canceled trans-Hudson commuter rail ARC project, but it was a hard sell then, and at $10 billion, it’s still a hard sell. The federal ARC funds have long since been redistributed, and New York City has no idea how it’ll even finish the Second Avenue Subway – where does Bloomberg think money for a subway line to New Jersey is going to come from?

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Stephen Smith

I graduated Spring 2010 from Georgetown undergrad, with an entirely unrelated and highly regrettable major that might have made a little more sense if I actually wanted to become an international trade lawyer, but which alas seems good for little else.

I still do most of the tweeting for Market Urbanism

Stephen had previously written on urbanism at Forbes.com. Articles Profile; Reason Magazine, and Next City

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