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  • Two Unrelated Events at Penn Station on the Same Day

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    David Peter Alan

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    Two unrelated events occurred almost simultaneously at New York’s Penn Station on Wednesday, August 27, although both were rail-related. One was the inaugural of the new Next Gen Acela equipment that Amtrak is now running between Boston and Washington, D.C., and the other was a news conference that featured Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Andy…

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  • RUN Conference Spring 2025: New Starts and Service Cuts

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    Webweaver

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    The Rail Users’ Network held its spring conference Friday, May 16, 2025: “Mixed Bag: New Transit Starts and Fiscal Cliff Service Cuts: What to Expect in 2025”. As the title explains, 2025 is a year of bad and good news for transit around the United States. As usual, RUN put together a good conference. After…

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  • Congestion Pricing Comes to Manhattan

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    David Peter Alan

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    The toll was first collected on January 5, after a number of court cases in 3 U.S. District courts allowed it to proceed. The base rate is $9.00 for passenger automobiles starting at 5:00 a.m. on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. on weekends, until 9:00 p.m. daily. The night rate is $2.25, and there is a…

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  • A Halt to Congestion Pricing: What Next?

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    George Kaufer

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    We have discussed the proposed plan for congestion pricing in New York City’s downtown area, and have seen pros and cons. In some ways, it is tangential to our interests, as it is unclear how much money the State of New Jersey would get for “mitigation measures” and what those measures would entail. We would…

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  • New York MTA Says Some Congestion Pricing Revenue Will Go to New Jersey, But Will It Be Enough?

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    David Peter Alan

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    While everyone waits for Judge Leo M. Gordon to decide whether theproposed congestion-toll plan for Manhattan south of 60th Street has metlegal requirements, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority(MTA) has said that some of the money that will come from the proposedtoll will go to New Jersey.Gordon is presiding over the case brought by the State…

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  • Report from the Chair

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    Welcome to a new year with the Lackawanna Coalition! We have an anniversary coming up this April—well, we do every year, but the 5s and 0s seem to get the most attention. We’ll turn 45 this April and will have a celebration at our meeting on the 15th of that month. We are also considering…

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