Their expertise, the council thinks, may enable it to deliver a road and rail system, partly financed by road tolls, which works.

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Ms. Shin, a Brooklyn artist who has created public works for the Long Island Rail Road and a Battery Park City elementary and middle school, has designed pieces in mosaic and glass for the 63rd Street station, which will be expanded to accommodate the Second Avenue line.

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