by Lucie Levine 
L-pocalypse looms just a year away, and the MTA doesn’t appear particularly interested in dealing with it, so New York residents have taken up the mantel of transit vigilantism, and moved forward with plans of their own. Last month Parker Shinn took to Kickstarterto drum up community support for an “L-ternative” Pontoon Bridge, which would run across the East River from North 8th Street…
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