What is this statue/monument in New York?

What would an integrated BRT system throughout the New York Metropolitan Area look like?

• From the US Census, via Wikipedia: New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island MSA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City: 8,175,133 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey: 277,140 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey: 247,597 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York: 195,976 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey: 146,199 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison,_New_Jersey: 105,652 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodbridge_Township,_New_Jersey: 99,265 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rochelle,_New_York: 77,062 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_New_York: 67,292 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Plains,_New_York: 56,853 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Township,_Union_County,_New_Jersey: 56,642 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne,_New_Jersey: 54,717 Trenton–Ewing MSA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey: 84,913 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewing,_New_Jersey: 35,790 Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk MSA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeport,_Connecticut: 144,229 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut: 122,643 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwalk,_Connecticut: 85,603 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danbury,_Connecticut: 80,893 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford,_Connecticut: 51,384 New Haven–Milford MSA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut: 129,779 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford,_Connecticut: 51,271 Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown MSA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poughkeepsie_(city),_New_York: 32,736 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh,_New_York: 28,866 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middletown,_Orange_County,_New_York: 28,086 Kingston MSA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_New_York: 23,893 Torrington Micropolitan Area http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrington,_Connecticut: 36,383

• Answer:

  Nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus. - Horace