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Re: Cuomo Reluctant To Dig Deep For New Hudson Rail Tunnel |
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Posted by WillD on Tue Aug 18 03:19:21 2015, in response to Re: Cuomo Reluctant To Dig Deep For New Hudson Rail Tunnel, posted by ElectricTraction on Mon Aug 17 16:13:24 2015. The money flows back to NJ on the rail line. It's the same as CT's budget being propped up by taxes and money coming up the New Haven Line. There just isn't a giant river with two decaying tunnels on that line.That is completely and utterly false. NYC requires its suburbs just as much as the suburbs require NYC. NYC should utilize ferries more too. Why go for the most expensive, least convenient mode possible? You're looking at a billion dollars to construct the waterfront infrastructure, then hundreds of millions of dollars per boat, all to deliver passengers to the edge of Manhattan for $4.00 a ride at best if you're going to go with a large vessel. Amtrak needs to be at a point where 3 are active at any given time, and the 4th can be out for an extended period of time for maintenance, which is a sustainable way to operate the tunnels, especially given that the two existing North River Tunnels need extensive maintenance post-Sandy and post-100 years of trains running through them. That's a good point. NYC's failure to secure the tunnel portals against flooding during Sandy should push them to finance the commuter tunnels to a greater degree than they otherwise would. |
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