MTA’s Interborough Express Transit Project Makes Headway in NYC

There’s no easy way to make the seven-mile trip from my apartment in Brooklyn to the Middle Village neighborhood in Queens. When I made this journey recently, I took a subway ride into Manhattan on the B train, followed by a transfer to the M, which took me back across the East River and deep into Queens. At the end of the line, 13 stops later, I hopped out at Middle Village station and squeezed on to a packed Q54 bus. With a mob of riders waiting at the curb, it took a full two minutes to board. After we got underway, the last ...