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Originally Posted by Randomguy34
If you also include the nearby River District proposal, improved transit seems like a necessity rather than an afterthought
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The buildings can institute something too of course. Here in Long Island City, we live on the river and the nearest train stop is about the same distance away as this is to the Chicago Blue Line stop. It's not a bad walk, though on the river here it's extremely windy at times (think of Lake Michigan high winds...) and in the winter that can be brutal. My landlord, which runs 4 or so buildings along the river offers a free shuttle service during morning and evening rush. They are packed and run every 5 minutes. Very helpful when it's cold out or you happen to catch it at the right time while running late and need to get to the train.
We also have a ferry stop right behind our building and a ton of the residents around here use it who work in areas where it drops off (and on weekends to go hang out in those areas). It would be pretty good to see them put water taxi stops up here.