2nd Avenue Subway Gets Huge Boo$t

Congress has come through for Manhattan's East Side in a big way. Though they suck in general, providing $1.3 billion for the future T line is a tremendous boon for the city. Like many Eastsiders, I hate having to use the Lexington local at rush hour. If you are so lucky, you have to pack yourself in with the herd to get a spot on the 4, 5 or 6 trains. If not, its another couple of minutes wait to try again with the next cattle car. The line has been overcrowded for years and is only getting worse.

The promise of a Second Avenue line has been a dream for nearly eighty years now. Funding woes have been the primary reason that we haven't been able to wake up to the T line. Little things like the Great Depression and the bankruptcy of the city in the 70s have hampered the effort. Now with federal funding, all we need to do is get it built.

As a selfish New Yorker, I would love to have it started down here in the Murray Hill/Gramercy area, but I am glad progress is being made. Perhaps by the time I am eighty it'll work its way down here.