据米歇尔·卡斯克报道，纽约大都会运输局正在对一条拟建于哈莱姆区125街的横向地铁线开展环境评估。这条地铁线预计每天可服务约16.4万名乘客。
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is starting an environmental review of a proposed crosstown subway line along Harlem’s 125th Street that could serve an estimated 164,000 weekday riders.
作为负责运营纽约市地铁、公交及通勤铁路的机构，大都会运输局计划将地铁服务向西延伸至百老汇大街，该路段正是哈莱姆区的主要商业街，阿波罗剧院也坐落于此。目前该机构已着手将第二大道地铁的Q线从上东区的96街延伸至东哈莱姆区的125街。
The MTA, which runs the city’s subways, buses and commuter railroads, wants to extend subway service west to Broadway along Harlem’s main commercial boulevard, home to the Apollo Theater. The agency is already extending the Second Avenue subway’s Q line from 96th Street on the Upper East Side to 125th Street in East Harlem.
据大都会运输局介绍，在隧道掘进设备仍在作业期间同步向西施工，可将工期缩短两年，并节省数亿美元开支。
Continuing west while the tunnel-boring machines are in place would accelerate the work by two years and save hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the MTA.
根据项目初步规划文件，这条预计耗资75亿美元的横向地铁线将为当地约25.3万名居民提供更多出行选择，还能与7条地铁线路及通往纽约北部郊区的 Metro-North 铁路实现换乘。
The crosstown subway link — estimated in 2023 to cost $7.5 billion — would expand transit options for the neighborhood’s approximately 253,000 residents and connect to seven subway lines and Metro-North Railroad, which serves the city’s northern suburbs, according to a draft scoping document for the project.
大都会运输局首席执行官贾诺·利伯在周四发布的声明中称：“考虑到此举在节省时间与成本方面的巨大潜力，若不对125街以西的施工方案加以探索，将是不负责任的做法。当然，我们也会把广泛听取社区意见作为环境评估工作的重中之重。”文件显示，该地区居住着大量低收入群体、少数族裔以及高度依赖公共交通的市民，预计该地铁线每天将新增约5500人次的出行需求。
“Given the huge potential to save time and money, it would be irresponsible not to explore options to keep digging westward under 125 St,” Janno Lieber, the MTA’s chief executive officer, said in a statement Thursday. “And we are of course making it a priority to get community input and feedback as we kick off the environmental review process.”Many low-income, minority and transit-dependent New Yorkers live in the area, according to the document. The projected weekday ridership includes about 5,500 new transit trips.
目前大都会运输局正开放公众意见征集通道，截止时间为11月13日，旨在收集社区及各方利益相关者的反馈。该机构预计将于2027年第一季度完成环境影响评估草案的编制工作。
The MTA is accepting public comments through Nov. 13 to gather feedback from the community and other stakeholders. The agency expects to complete a draft environmental impact statement in the first quarter of 2027.