Explaining a city infrastructure problem from @nycmayor

Video format

Talking Head Edit

Video outline

1. State urgent, physical problem
2. Provide historical context/origin
3. Show data proving escalation
4. Declare end to inaction

Narrative framework

The Legacy Problem Blueprint

Narrative framework logic

To build support for a new solution by first establishing the urgency of a long-standing problem, tracing its historical origins, and using data to prove its escalation beyond the original intent.

Transcript excerpt

We're standing under the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. It's nearly 70 years old and it's long past its shelf life. While it's still safe to drive on for now, we can't wait any longer. We're done kicking the can down the road. That's why we're announcing a plan to repair the city owned section of the BQE no as BQE Central. Before we talk about how we're fixing the BQE, let's talk about how we got here. The BQE was built by New York's most famous or infamous urban planner, Robert Moses. It was part of his grand vision of building highways across New York Tier for a population that more and more wanted to drive their own cars. But Robert Moses is another video entirely. When he finished the BQE Central in 1954, it was only designed to handle around 50,000 car trips a day and best for fifty years. But here we are, seventy years better, with more than a 130,000 vehicles driving on it daily, including 13,000 heavy trucks. You do the math. This isn't a new problem. For decades, prior administrations have been try