May 19th 2008
The Municipal Art Society’s campaign for a new Penn Station held a fascinating panel discussion last month with Don Phillips, ex-Washington Post transportation reporter, and Walter Zullig, counsel emeritus for Metro-North. It’s a must-see for advocates of rail in the U.S. and especially in the N.Y. area.
Re-Discovering Rail: The Smart, Green Alternative from MAS on […]
March 28th 2008
Following is NJ-ARP’s testimony before the Assembly Budget Committee.
March 27th 2008
NJ Transit will hold two public hearings about the change in plans to the bunker station proposed as part of the T.H.E. Tunnel. The changes involve reducing the station to 6 tracks and placing it almost 20 stories underground.
One public hearing is in Newark on Monday, March 31. The other is in New […]
March 24th 2008
The proposed second rail tunnel to New York City should go all the way to Manhattan’s East Side, according to a planning study that will be released Tuesday. Instead of ending at Penn Station, the tunnel would reach Madison Avenue with a possible link to Grand Central.
The Regional Plan Association, a transportation advocacy group, also […]
March 4th 2008
In a recent article about delays at NY Penn Station, NJ Transit spokesman Dan Stessel made the following statement:
“The incidents on Tuesday and Thursday could not have come at a worse time or in a worse location,” Stessel said. “Any time there’s an interruption in the normal two-track flow in and out of Penn Station […]
December 18th 2007
It was reported in the Dec. 13, 2007, Star Ledger that “Ridership on trains to and from New York Penn Station grew by 7.1 percent, and they now represent nearly 80 percent of all NJ Transit rail traffic”.
Well, I have a pdf document of NJT’s Quarterly ridership report for 1st Quarter Fiscal Year 2007, which […]
November 15th 2007
PA giving $1B more to rail tunnel
TOM DAVIS
Bergen Record
The Port Authority plans to contribute an additional $1 billion toward the construction of a second commuter rail tunnel to Manhattan, an agency spokesman said Wednesday.
Best quotes:
“They’re milking the motorists to pay for the lion’s share of the capital program that helps non-motorists,” said Steve Carrellas, coordinator […]
October 11th 2007
An article in today’s Star-Ledger reports how the new Manhattan station connected to T.H.E Tunnel is now planned to be 175 feet below street level. This was covered on this Blog 3 months ago, but the issue is finally gaining traction. The location of the new station is significant in respect to customer […]
July 11th 2007
Re-establish Regional Rail Mobility Priorities;
Permit Building of Rail Link Between New York-Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal
During the last two weeks, Regional Citizens Liaison Committee (RCLC) meetings have been held for both the Trans-Hudson Express Tunnel (T.H.E.) and the Portal Bridge Capacity Enhancement projects. The changes advanced at these meetings will have a profound […]
March 16th 2007
Here’s a news item from the Asbury Park Press about MOM and ARC:
NJ Transit’s board of directors today approved a $2.4 million addition to a contract with Systra Contracting to consider the effect of building a second Hudson River tunnel and extending one-seat service to New York on the proposed Middlesex-Ocean-Monmouth rail line.
Systra, of […]
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