View The Original Newsday Article Here By Alfonso A. Castillo The Long Island Rail Road will consider impacts on station parking, air quality and emergency service response time as it goes forward with a plan to build a third track between Floral Park and Hicksville, according to a new report….
“So it’s critically important to Long Island Rail Road, especially going forward into the 21st century if Long Island wants to remain the economic engine that it is.”
Adding a third track will improve commutes for both riders and for drivers because the project will eliminate seven grade crossings that endanger local residents and clog traffic. The expansion will improve the economy and future of the entire region by meeting the transportation needs of employers and workers.
With only about a fifth of its workforce commuting to New York City, Long Island is far from the “bedroom community” for the five boroughs it once was, said Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association.
Supporters of the Long Island Rail Road’s plan to add a third track between Floral Park and Hicksville were ready for outrage and uproar at six public comment sessions this week. But what they heard were sensible questions about how the project would be handled, how communities would be protected…
When the two tracks of the LIRR Main Line were built in Nassau County in the 1800s, fewer than 100,000 people were living on Long Island. Today, the Island’s population is nearly 3 million. Each day, many of the LIRR’s roughly 300,000 customers ride on the same two tracks that…
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