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Beneath Their Stations
During a recent and rainy rush hour at Penn Station, dripping umbrellas and dirt tracked in from squeaky sneakers and soggy loafers added to the standard feeling of despair among New Jersey Transit and...
View ArticlePenn Station Gets Band-Aid
As the state, city and private developers dance and parry, NJ Transit has put forward a small, temporary solution toward easing crowding at Penn Station: a $13.8 million entrance at the corner of 31st...
View ArticlePort Authority Joins Tunnel Brigade
The only agency around here that doesn't seem to have trouble coming up with money to do things is the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, rich off road tolls, airport fees and the like. So last...
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RPA Report: Keep Fresh Jersey-Penn Tunnel Going to East Side
A new Regional Plan Association report (PDF) calls for the proposed rail link beneath the Hudson River from the Meadowlands Arena to near Penn Station to be extended to Manhattan's East Side, possibly...
View ArticleIraq, New Jersey Transit and You
"Okay, so how many billions a week are we spending in Iraq? Last I heard it was about $5 billion per week. And we're having trouble coming up with $7 billion? Really?" ["Billions Down the Tunnel!"]
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Amtrak, Others Critique Planned Rail Tunnel Under the Hudson
We've received a bit of feedback about a story this week on the Access to the Region's Core project, a $7.6 billion (at least) pair of New Jersey Transit rail tunnels slated for under the Hudson...
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ARC Tunnel: The Feature Film
We're a few weeks late to the game on this, but last month New Jersey Transit launched a new Web site and accompanying promotional video to hype its proposed multibillion-dollar set of rail tunnels...
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How a $9 B. Tunnel Could Make Jersey Homeowners Richer
Much was made in the 1990s about the "Midtown Direct" effect in New Jersey—the apparent causation of major increases in home values and housing demand in certain New Jersey suburbs, Maplewood included,...
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Vanity Project: Why Fancy Architecture Won’t Save Penn Station
The neighborhood around the original Penn Station hasn't advanced much since it was known as the Tenderloin. Descending into Penn Station, it’s not hard to see why New York City’s civic fathers are so...
View ArticleSchumer Wants to Bring the Super Bowl Back to New York
The Super Bowl might touch down in New York twice in one decade–at least if Senator Chuck Schumer has his way. Mr. Schumer held a Midtown press conference this morning to call on the National Football...
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