This video explains a proposal to increase public transportation in up and coming neighborhoods around New York City. I have definitely noticed the lack of public transportation in areas like Dumbo and Red Hook and would appreciate more access.
However, the fact of gentrification cannot be ignored in this conversation. We have talked a lot about it in this class and it makes me wonder whether these neighborhoods would be possibly getting better public transportation if they weren’t marked by economic development. It seems unfair that only neighborhoods “colonized by millenials” with “sky rocketing property values” should get better transportation.
Or is this just the way things work? The city will slowly improve neighborhood by neighborhood, and only as each one becomes gentrified?
I definitely agree that the public transportation should increase in these areas, I just worry that other neighborhoods are not getting the same attention because there is not an ikea within walking distance.
