The Trans-Borough Circular Transit Corridor Is Opened

It's Labor Day 2052. In a festive ceremony and celebration, Mayor Fiorello Wong O'Bloomingberg has cut the ribbon opening the last link of the subway-highway transportation artery which finally ties together Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx bringing to reality a long held dream of planners.

The Trans-Borough Circular Transit Corrider has made possible the development of major commercial and job centers in the four outer boroughs.

More people live and work closer to home, escaping the long daily commute into Manhattan. The percentage of people having to work in Manhattan has eased down considerably from the peak of over 40 percent in 2002, according to the New York Times.

Although the city's total population has grown, congestion on all transit lines and roadways, especially those spoking into Manhattan, has eased. Residents of Brooklyn can take jobs in or visit friends in the Bronx with only a 20-minute trip. Everyone agrees that the City has been strengthened in every way by this inner-city circulation loop which has knitted the five boroughs more tightly.

Satoshi Oishi
Chairman Emeritus
Edwards & Kelcey, Morristown, N.J.

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