Congressman Nadler has been a big proponent of a freight tunnel to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It was decided that the best route would be from New Jersey rather than Staten Island, but what this idea:(?)
A two story tunnel from the end of the R train at Bay Ridge to Staten Island to connect the R train with the Staten Island Rapid Transit (SIRT) so that commuters in Staten Island could the subway to Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens (and change for) the Bronx?
Then the freight tunnel could provide goods into NYC and garbage out of NYC all with rail efficiency, while sharing the cost of extending the subway to Staten Island, which would increase property values (and taxes), while reducing costs and road congestion.
A two story tunnel from the end of the R train at Bay Ridge to Staten Island to connect the R train with the Staten Island Rapid Transit (SIRT) so that commuters in Staten Island could the subway to Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens (and change for) the Bronx?
Then the freight tunnel could provide goods into NYC and garbage out of NYC all with rail efficiency, while sharing the cost of extending the subway to Staten Island, which would increase property values (and taxes), while reducing costs and road congestion.