@OffRampNYC

For Cities without Highways

 New York, NY
offramp.nyc/
Joined June 2026
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1/ On Monday, @NYCMayor @NYC_DOT announced a $4 billion, decade-long plan to rehabilitate the just 1.5 mile stretch of BQE Central. Here's why that would be a huge mistake:
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"The question is not whether the BQE needs to be repaired. The question is what transportation system should replace its present function. That distinction is the starting point for a different future. A Different Highway Is Not a Different Transportation System." We agree. archpaper.com/2026/10/brookl…

Viren Brahmbhatt on the BQE crisis

New York City may build a temporary highway in the sky over the Brooklyn Bridge approach to keep traffic moving while it repairs the deteriorating Brooklyn-Queens Expressway beneath the Brooklyn...

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"Rebuilding the BQE as a conventional highway would be more than an engineering decision. It would be a declaration that we remain unable—or unwilling—to imagine a different relationship between transportation and urban life. "We should not accept that limitation."
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Check out the Uptown IBX
MTA
@MTAOct 21
The MTA is proposing a new 125 Street Subway, which would extend west from the future 125 St/Lexington Av Q station. The project would connect existing subway lines—including the Second Avenue Subway—and bus routes along the corridor. Learn more about this project at a public scoping meeting; we're hosting two virtual sessions on October 22, and one in-person session on October 27. Register for a session and get all the details: mta.info/project/125-street-…
Map of proposed 125 Street Subway. The map includes streets, landmarks, and color-coded subway lines.

ALT Map of proposed 125 Street Subway. The map includes streets, landmarks, and color-coded subway lines.

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More and more people *are* saying
NYPTA@NYPublicTransitOct 15
The price of gas isn’t dropping anytime soon. Coupled with the costs associated with owning a car, the need for meaningful investments in public transit is dire. Be a strong advocate for public transit investment in your community.
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Open Plans@OpenPlansSep 17
.@NYCMayor’s new plan to make NYC streets safer is a huge step in the right direction, and we’re proud to see that several Open Plans campaigns made the list! Here’s a look at a few key components of the new Vision Zero plan that we’ve been working on 1/ nyc.gov/assets/visionzero/do…
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Don't just designate, do something
NYC DOT
@NYC_DOTSep 10
Some of NYC’s slowest traffic days of the year are ahead.   We’ve designated 20 Gridlock Alert Days though the end of 2026, beginning September 21st during the @UN General Assembly and continuing through the holiday season.   Learn more and plan ahead: nyc.gov/gridlockalert
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Aatif@aaiqbalSep 5
This is 100% correct. I hadn’t really looked at the math before, but it leads to only one conclusion
Nicole
@nicolegelinasSep 5
Cindy is absolutely right about the BQE, and you know what? She manages to do this argument without mentioning Robert Moses. Good. It's starting to dawn on people that constantly blaming Moses weakens their case. We are in charge now. nydailynews.com/2026/09/04/m…
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"A large part of the state’s plan to reduce emissions relies on drastically cutting down on car usage."
New York Focus
@nysfocusSep 9
New York’s biggest upstate cities are making room for bikes. Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany — three of which are headed by progressive mayors elected last November — are reshaping their streets to make cycling less dangerous and more practical. nysfocus.com/2026/09/09/upst…

Upstate New York is Building for Bikes

Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany are starting to invest in safer streets for cyclists, advocates say.

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The same activism that saved the Brooklyn Heights Promenade could bring down the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/…

Opinion: The Case for Letting the BQE Fail - Streetsblog New York City

A movement in favor of tearing down the BQE altogether is gaining momentum.

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Hayden
@the_transit_guySep 6
So, if the size of highways correlates with the growth of a city and region, why is Cincinnati filled with freeways, while Tokyo, which is 22 times bigger, is not?
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Nicole
@nicolegelinasSep 5
Cindy is absolutely right about the BQE, and you know what? She manages to do this argument without mentioning Robert Moses. Good. It's starting to dawn on people that constantly blaming Moses weakens their case. We are in charge now. nydailynews.com/2026/09/04/m…
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Evaporación de tráfico en Vitoria-Gasteiz: cambió de un día para otro toda su red de autobuses, multiplicó por 2,5 el coste de los parquímetros y creció el uso de transporte público un 80%. eldiario.es/1_29c11d
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Mamdani seems to suggest that the city would have been better off if Moses hadn't built the BQE. So why repair it for another 40 years? Let's not kick the can down the road to 2080. Now is the time to find a path forward from this inhumane piece of infrastructure.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayorAug 24
We're done kicking the can down the road. Here's how we're fixing the city-owned section of the BQE.
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Alex Morano@ammoranoAug 25
Replying to @nick_benson
You're talking about at least a 14 year plan end to end. Surely you can find time in that window to look into closing some exits.
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Martin@MartinScopesAug 29
Replying to @MartinScopes @nick_benson
Hey Nick, Stuff like this is exactly what I'm talking about. We can spend $4 billion on a mile of highway but we can't fix up a path along the river. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/…

'Insulting'! To Avoid Disrupting Car Traffic On The FDR, DOT Forces Parks To Scale Back Greenway...

Plenty of money to fix the BQE, but not to fix a vital greenway on the East Side.

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Martin@MartinScopesAug 29
It's actually crazy how many of the intractable problems in this city aren't solvable because of cars. They really are the root cause to a lot of dense city problems! nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/…

'Insulting'! To Avoid Disrupting Car Traffic On The FDR, DOT Forces Parks To Scale Back Greenway...

Plenty of money to fix the BQE, but not to fix a vital greenway on the East Side.

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Jason Haber
@jasonhaberAug 29
NYC and Robert Moses in a nutshell: NYC needed A Robert Moses. Instead, it got The Robert Moses. And that made all the difference…
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“It’s amazing that 15 years later we’re still talking about deterioration of the East River Esplanade in this very location,” said @HunterArmstr0ng, co-chair of @greenways4NYC. “It’s incredibly frustrating how little progress has taken place and it feels like the same issues.”
Streetsblog New York City
@StreetsblogNYCAug 29
Plenty of money to fix the BQE, but not to fix a vital greenway on the East Side. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/…

'Insulting'! To Avoid Disrupting Car Traffic On The FDR, DOT Forces Parks To Scale Back Greenway...

Plenty of money to fix the BQE, but not to fix a vital greenway on the East Side.

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Really good and thoughtful analysis here. Nine out of ten vehicles on the BQE are not trucks. xitter.cf/OffRampNYC/status/2092…
Off-Ramp NYC
@OffRampNYCAug 27
Replying to @OffRampNYC
5/ "But it's a critical freight corridor." DOT's own numbers: 130,000 vehicles a day, 13,000 of them trucks. Nine out of ten vehicles up there aren't freight. $4B to preserve a truck route where 90% of the traffic isn't trucks.
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