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Re: Push to Replace Port Authority Bus Terminal |
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Posted by WillD on Tue Mar 24 02:32:17 2015, in response to Re: Push to Replace Port Authority Bus Terminal, posted by JAzumah on Mon Mar 23 10:34:45 2015. The 7 train project will cost as much as a new PABT.The key difference is that the 7 train extension provides two new tunnels allowing for ~20,000 commuters under the river. Rebuilding PABT rearranges the deck chairs on the Titanic and maybe allows a few more buses to enter the station resulting in a negligible increase in capacity under the river. Tie the 7 train to Secaucus in to the Gateway project and for $15 to 20 billion you'd get another 40,000 or so people under the river. You aren't getting two new commuter rail or subway tunnels for less than $11B. No, you'd have gotten two new commuter rail tunnels for $8.7 billion. Claiming the costs would have been higher only serves to underscore the ignorance that has pervaded this state from Trenton. |
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