{"id":6412,"date":"2026-04-30T21:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/?p=6412"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:42:14","slug":"when-this-is-built-i-want-new-yorkers-to-take-it-for-granted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanshnookenraggen.com\/_index\/2026\/04\/when-this-is-built-i-want-new-yorkers-to-take-it-for-granted\/","title":{"rendered":"“When this is built, I want New Yorkers to take it for granted”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was “recently” featured on the LIT NYC podcast<\/a> hosted by Amy Sohn and Harry Siegel, talking about the QueensLink and my work as an advocate. <\/p>\n\n\n

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“When this is built, I want New Yorkers to take it for granted\u201d that\u2019s there a north-south train line in Queens, says Andrew Lynch, the chief operating officer of QueensLink<\/a>. \u201cI want people to take this and never think about it\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The geographer, cartographer and urban explorer joins Lit NYC to discuss the group\u2019s vision to transform the borough for the better by extending the M train from Queens Boulevard to the Rockaways on a railway that\u2019s abandoned for 60 years while surrounding that with new parks and trails, how he got involved in this crusade, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check it out here<\/a>.<\/p>

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\nI was “recently” featured on the LIT NYC podcast hosted by Amy…\n<\/div>\n
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