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As someone who commutes on the shared train lines used for the NYC to DC route I for-see more delays for my commute to make the reliability numbers go up. Scre
by solidblu 7y ago
As someone who commutes on the shared train lines used for the NYC to DC route I for-see more delays for my commute to make the reliability numbers go up. Screw over the many for the benefit of a few... Many being the normal more commuters out of New York Penn Station.
- ascagnel_ 7y agoAmtrak is already proceeding on a new tunnel project under the Hudson[0] independent of the Gateway project, (edit: and has funding independent of the federal government). The real question is if elected officials can get on the same page with the interstate Gateway project. [0]: https://nec.amtrak.com/project/the-hudson-tunnel-project/ https://nec.amtrak.com/project/the-hudson-tunnel-project/
- solidblu 7y agoIt is still owned by Amtrak, which means that normal commuters will still get the short end of the stick over Amtrak customers like normal. Any one that takes NJTransit during rush hour knows just how little Amtrak cares about commuters. For those who don't. They on a regular basis posted track numbers for two rush hour trains leaving within 5 mins on the same track pair. This leaves more than 300 people rushing down the same 3 stairwells.