That means $4 billion would end up going to transit in New York".
"The language is in the bill, the mandate is there from the public, and as people see the funding actually going to transit, that concern will be addressed," he said.
But the M.T.A. did develop a master plan in 1989 that envisioned a seven-block development over the 30 acres of rail yards, with proceeds from the sale of development rights going to transit programs.
The German soldiers initially believed that they were just going to transit through Russia, on their way to the Middle East where they would link up with Erwin Rommel's Afrika Corps.
The money would go to mass transit.
The money could go to mass transit services, including commuter railroads, subways and buses.
The money would go to mass transit, either helping to hold downfares or supporting the M.T.A.'s rebuilding program.
The most recent deficit projections, however, were more serious because portions of corporate taxes and other taxes that go to support the transit system's operations were expected to fall as the economy worsened.
Despite the forecast, which is for clouds and possible rain, astronomy groups are setting up viewing sites around the city, including Union Square, the High Line, Riverside Park South and 125th Street in Harlem, where the temporarily star-struck can go to see the transit safely.
At the same time, some of the $380 million the city expects to raise in the first year of congestion pricing will go to improving mass transit, including building express bus lanes and paying for new train tunnels under the East and Hudson Rivers that will increase capacity on the Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit.
