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A Better Billion: All 12 Proposed Projects

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Transit & Housing April 2026

A Better Billion: All 12 Proposed Projects

The NYU Marron Institute's A Better Billion report proposes 12 subway expansions over 40 years, 41 new miles, 64 new stations, 167,064 housing units, for roughly the same annual cost as fare-free buses citywide. The plan is organized in four 10-year phases. Four projects are designated flagships, one per decade.

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167,064
Estimated new housing units (no upzoning required)
$48B
Total cost over 40 years (~$1B/year)
41 mi
New subway miles across all 12 projects
64
New stations across all 12 projects
Project ↕ Decade ↓ Est. Housing Units ↕ % Affordable ↕ Cost ($B) ↕ Bus Ridership/day ↕
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Source: NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management, A Better Billion, January 2026. All figures in 2025 dollars. Housing estimates assume no additional upzoning beyond City of Yes for Housing Opportunity amendments.

Plan totals (167,064 units, $48B, 12 projects, 41 miles, 64 stations) are stated explicitly in the report summary.

Bus ridership figures are 2019 pre-pandemic weekday boardings for corridor bus routes, cited in the report. Hillside Ave figure (59,000) covers 9 routes; Guy Brewer/Merrick (46,000) covers 6 routes; Woodhaven Blvd (31,000) is the Q52/Q53 combined figure.

Flagship projects are the four projects designated by the report as the largest service expansions and most transformative investments of each decade.