Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Rail

Cuomo and Christie Play Chicken With Trans-Hudson Train Commuters

By Stephen Miller | Aug 11, 2015 | 30 Comments

It’s been almost five years since New Jersey Governor Chris Christie killed the ARC tunnel. Things haven’t improved since. The existing two-track rail tunnel, already at capacity, has continued to shoulder growing ridership comprised mostly of NJ Transit commuters. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy added a dose of corrosive salt water to the century-old tunnels. Amtrak warns that one or […]

RPA: Growing Outer Boroughs Need New Generation of Transit Investment

By Stephen Miller | Feb 11, 2015 | 11 Comments

With the boroughs outside Manhattan adding people and jobs faster than the city core, New York needs to reorient its transit priorities, argues the Regional Plan Association in a new report. The authors warn that increasing travel in the other boroughs will strain the local bus system and lead more people to drive, causing more traffic congestion and […]

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Why It Makes Sense to Add Biking and Walking Routes Along Active Rail Lines

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 18, 2014 | No Comments

This post is part of a series featuring stories and research that will be presented at the Pro-Walk/Pro-Bike/Pro-Place conference September 8-11 in Pittsburgh. You’ve heard of rail-trails — abandoned rail lines that have been turned into multi-use paths for biking and walking. There are more than 21,000 miles of rail-trails across the country, in urban, suburban, and rural areas. […]

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Nine Days in September: Congress’s Chance to Break the Gridlock

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 3, 2013 | No Comments

I hope you all had a good Labor Day. Streetsblog is back to work today, and you probably are too. But Congress? Not until next week. Every time there’s a Monday holiday, Congress takes the whole week off, and they’re milking the last moments of their August recess. It’s no wonder lawmakers are procrastinating. They have […]

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How Amtrak Can Provide World-Class Service on the Northeast Corridor

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 18, 2013 | No Comments

Yesterday was a tough day to try to get attention for a Senate hearing on the future of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. After all, at least one senator had gotten a poisonous letter and everyone on Capitol Hill was on high alert. What’s more, the Amtrak hearing coincided with the vote on gun control, one of […]

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The Revolving Door: Oklahoma’s Gary Ridley – Asphalt Lobbyist, DOT Chief

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 30, 2013 | No Comments

This is the second installment in our three-part “Revolving Door” series about how cronyism in state DOTs leads to wasteful highway building. The first part profiled Ohio DOT chief Jerry Wray, who has switched back and forth between working directly for the asphalt industry and shoveling money to the asphalt industry as a public official. […]

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