Comments on: Access to the Region's Core Gets Full Federal Support

By: Streetsblog New York City » Tri-State Transportation Campaign 2009 Annual Benefit

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:59:23 +0000

[...] be honoring Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey for his work in winning federal approval for the Access to the Region’s Core project and his leadership in connecting land use and transportation. Aaron Naparstek of [...]

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By: Barry Moraller

Barry Moraller — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:17:00 +0000

Homogenous rich communities like Union, Plainfield, Dunellen and Bound Brook?

Have you seen central jersey?

By: Blasito

Blasito — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:38:00 +0000

I agree with all the points made above, and want to add that the design of the new terminal under 34th St is a disaster waiting to happen. I understand the many difficulties confronted in designing this tunnel. But it seems the final result is so flawed that it is not worth building.

By: NY Political Addict

NY Political Addict — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:43:27 +0000

While the new tunnel is needed and will provide great benefit to NJ Transit commuters, the failure to connect the new tunnel to Penn Station (and the old Hudson River tunnels to the new 34th Street deep station greatly reduces the transportation redundancy so important for dealing with unexpected events and for weekend and night track work. Equally important, the new tunnel provides no new capacity for Amtrak service in the NE Corridor unless existing NJT train slots are pushed out of the current Penn Station schedule. Lastly, under the current arrangement, NJT will incur the higher operating costs of running two Manhattan terminals at night and for portions of weekends when one station would certainly suffice.

By: William Doggle

William Doggle — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:41:43 +0000

I find it disappointing that the construction will start out of the ‘host town’ of multi-ethnic, working class North Bergen,NJ. Yet when construction is complete, North Bergen will get no station. Access will only go to the rich, homogenous (wink wink) communities in central North Jersey.

Thanks, Rich New Jersians! Congratulations on your tunnel running under our back yard with no stop for us!

William in North Bergen.

By: Clark Morris

Clark Morris — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:39:37 +0000

This is a tragedy. The project should be stripped of ALL funding until the line is designed either to feed the current Penn Station plus an East side station for both the LIRR and NJT on the way to the East River tunnels or the new line connected to Grand Central with only a double track 3 platform station on the West Side. Either solution should have all NJT trains through routed to MTA points with combined service with the MTA. Elimination of turnbacks in Manhattan will increase capacity and requires vision. No new technology is needed just the will to use existing technology and overcome institutional obstacles.