Panel on BQX lively, biting look at new transportation idea
Many, vital unanswered questions raised by transit experts
Is the city on the right track with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposed $2.5 billion Brooklyn-Queens Connector (BQX) streetcar?
That was the topic of discussion at the Brooklyn Heights Association’s (BHA) 2017 Annual Meeting on Monday.
Following a recap of BHA’s annual report and a presentation of awards , the bulk of the meeting, which took place in a packed auditorium at St. Francis College, featured a panel discussion of transit experts on the feasibility of the BQX.
The panel consisted of David Bragdon, executive director of Transit Center; Candace Brakewood, assistant professor of civil engineering at the City College of New York; Benjamin Kabak, who runs the blog “Second Avenue Sagas,” which has provided news, views and commentary on the city’s transportation system since November 2006; and Samuel Stein, a PhD student at the CUNY Graduate Center who holds a master’s degree in urban planning from Hunter College.