Wasn’t Sixth Avenue Nice Back In The Day? And You Don’t Think People On The Upper East Side Would Rather Be Riding A Third Avenue El Than Wait 50 Years For A Subway?

Actually, I’d say it would pretty much replace a multi-billion dollar one-stop* enterprise . . . welcome to the future where trains zip effortlessly above the crowded macadam:

One of the bids to develop the West Side rail yards will propose an elevated “people mover” to get residents and office workers in the new development to and from Penn Station, The Post has learned.

Engineers for the Durst Organization are developing plans for the automated light rail line that would connect the now isolated rail yards to the city’s largest transit hub.

“It would create a direct link with Penn Station and it would complement the 7 train,” Durst spokesman Jordan Barowitz said of the people mover and its ability to link to a planned extension of the No. 7 subway line to 11th Avenue and 34th Street.

Barowitz said the cost of a people mover has yet to be calculated. It would be operated by the developer and not the MTA.

The fully automated people mover would be able to carry 20,000 passengers per hour. It would take one minute to travel from Penn Station to 11th Avenue and 33rd Street.

7 train extension — done! Now, what can $2.1 billion buy?

*”One-stop” is good if you’re, like, Staples, not a public transportation link.