The Amtrak plan would build new rail tunnels into the existing Penn Station, with new tracks to be built between 30th and 31st… Continue Reading Lackawanna Coalition Gives Mixed Review to Amtrak “Gateway” Plan
US Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, both New Jersey Democrats, said in a press release on Sunday, February 6, that they now… Continue Reading NJ Senators Back “Gateway” Tunnel
Now that NJT’s new trans-Hudson tunnel is dead, the Long Island Rail Road is planning to upgrade and modernize its passenger facilities in… Continue Reading LIRR Plans Penn Station Concourse Modernization
NJT will rehabilitate 170 “Arrow III” electric cars. The project wil cost $15.6 million, or between $91,000 and $92,000 per car. The cars… Continue Reading New Jersey Transit to Rehabilitate Electric Rail Cars
The NJT Board of Directors has approved the hiring of the Washington lobbying and law firm of Patton Boggs, LLC, to defend the… Continue Reading Coalition Objects to Potentially High Legal Bill for NJT
New Jersey Transit is considering privatizing up to 60% of the parking facilities it now operates and has requested proposals from interested operators;… Continue Reading NJT Proposes Privatized Station Parking
According to a press release from TransitCenter, Inc. (a nonprofit provider of commuter benefit programs), a provision in the 2009 federal stimulus bill… Continue Reading Commuter Tax Benefit to Decrease Under Present Law
According to the New York Times, since the demise of the ARC tunnel project, New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s administration has been studying extending… Continue Reading New York Studies Extending No. 7 Subway to Secaucus
Star-Ledger journalist Tom Moran, in an interview on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC on November 15, said that politics factored in to… Continue Reading ARC Decision Tied to Politics, Says Journalist
The Regional Rail Working Group and its member organizations, the Lackawanna Coalition and the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers, continue to advocate for… Continue Reading Rider Advocates Push for Moynihan/Penn Station First
