Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

Tag: tunnels

  • Report from the Chair—Sept./Oct. 2024

    –

    Sally Jane Gellert

    –

    This summer has been a challenging one at NJ Transit, with many rail delays, which the agency largely blamed on Amtrak. In fact, the agency has now started reporting 2 sets of delay statistics: those with an Amtrak component, and those without. As trains become stuck in tunnels, we think about the often-raised concern regarding…

    Read more

  • Preview of Upcoming Coalition Meeting Presentations

    –

    David Peter Alan

    –

    Our May meeting will take place on the 18th, the third Monday of the month, because of the Memorial Day holiday. Our presenter will be Louis Hoffman, Program Manager for NJTIP, the New Jersey Travel Independence Program, which is part of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Hoffman, who has…

    Read more

  • Winter Woes Ad Nausuem

    –

    Donald Winship

    –

    New York area transit operations have suffered through a difficult week. On the evening of Tuesday, January 28, an NJ Transit train inbound to New York got stuck in the tunnel, and it took hours to pull the train into Penn Station, where it arrived after 1 a.m. Fortunately, only 23 riders were aboard the…

    Read more

  • Report from the Chair, Mar./Apr. 2014

    –

    Donald Winship

    –

    Everybody knows that New York’s Penn Station (NYP) is crowded with commuters during peak-commuting hours, and we have a way to reduce demand for those scarce seats that will not require any capital investment.  We call on New Jersey Transit to restore reduced “off-peak” rail fares, and to implement fare policies that will make it…

    Read more

  • Amtrak to Repair East River Tunnels

    –

    John Bobsin

    –

    According to an announcement by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Amtrak will use $86 million in Superstorm Sandy federal recovery funds to perform maintenance work on four East River tunnels used by Amtrak, the Long Island Rail Road, and some NJ Transit trains enroute to or from Sunnyside Yard in Queens.  Several issues in the tunnels…

    Read more

  • Let’s Get Behind Amtrak Tunnels

    –

    John Bobsin

    –

    This editorial article was published in the Asbury Park Press. It is quoted here as a matter of interest, and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Lackawanna Coalition. It’s all water under the bridge now, or more precisely, water over the tunnel. But the release on Tuesday of a federal Government Accountability Office…

    Read more

  • Report Disputes Christie’s Basis for Halting Tunnel

    –

    John Bobsin

    –

    This article was published in the New York Times. It is quoted here as a matter of interest, and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Lackawanna Coalition. Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey exaggerated when he declared that unforeseen costs to the state were forcing him to cancel the new train tunnel planned…

    Read more

  • Amtrak Says Joint Tunnel with NJT is Dead

    –

    Donald Winship

    –

    Late Thursday, November 11, Amtrak officials said that any talks with NJ Transit on a joint new tunnel under the Hudson are dead, according to the Bergen Record, reported by Karen Rouse. “We are no longer interested in this project,” said Vernae Graham, spokeswoman for Amtrak. “There were exploratory talks going on with NJ Transit,”…

    Read more

  • Christie Cancels Tunnel

    –

    Donald Winship

    –

    WNYC reported at noon Wednesday that N.J. Gov. Christie has reaffirmed his decision to cancel the ARC tunnel. This follows a 2-week period in which the Christie administration was reconsidering its earlier decision to cancel the project. WNYC reporter Matthew Scheuermann said on the station’s 12:00 p.m. newscast that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood had offered…

    Read more

  • Columnist Criticizes Lautenberg for Continuing to Defend Deep-Cavern Proposal

    –

    Donald Winship

    –

    Partisan politics appears to be heating up over the issue of the ARC Project with New Jersey Transit’s proposed deep-cavern terminal under 34th Street in Manhattan, which Gov. Christie has said will not be built. Asbury Park Press columnist Bob Ingle criticized Senator Frank Lautenberg for continuing to defend the proposal to build a deep-cavern…

    Read more

Recent Posts

Categories

Archives

Tags

Amtrak ARC bicycles budget bus buses Chris Christie conference congestion pricing Delays electrification equipment fares From the Chair From the Railgram Gladstone Hoboken Jim Simpson Jim Weinstein Midtown Direct Montclair-Boonton Morris & Essex MTA Newark NJT board NJ Transit NJ Transit Board Northeast Corridor North Jersey Coast Line NY Penn Station off-peak Pascack Valley Line PATH Penn Station First Plan Raritan Valley RUN Safety SCDRTAC Secaucus Junction Super Bowl Superstorm Sandy transparency Transportation Trust Fund tunnels weather