This is the second part of my series about the Regional Plan Association event about expanding capacity at Penn Station. Much of the presentation, at least in its first half, betrays wanton ignorance, with which area power …
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Hudson Tunnel moves ‘full steam ahead’ with US$6.88Bn funding approval (GroundEngineering)
The US government has approved a US$6.88bn (£5.4bn) federal grant for New York’s Hudson River Tunnel, meaning the project is moving “full steam ahead”, New Jersey’s governor has said. The New York Times reported that on Tuesday …
Continue readingAll Aboard the Bureaucracy Train to High Transit Costs (Asterisk)
The United States has the most expensive transportation infrastructure in the world. That’s because we refuse to learn from experts, other countries, and our own history. Asterisk: The overarching question in your transit policy career has …
Continue readingReports on High-Speed Rail & the Northeast Corridor (PedObservations)
Two reports that I’ve collaborated on are out now, one about high-speed rail planning for Marron and one about Northeast Corridor maintenance for ETA. A third piece is out, not by me but by Nolan Hicks, about constant-tension catenary …
Continue readingUS Government invests record €12 billion in New York rail infrastructure (RailTechnology)
The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) has secured €16 billion dollars in funding to complete the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) in New York and New Jersey. This includes €12 billion in funding from the Federal Government, marking the largest-ever federal …
Continue readingNYC plans 6 new waterfront shipping hubs to replace truck freight with barges (Gothamist)
New York City officials plan to turn six waterfront locations into maritime shipping hubs as a way to handle the booming number of e-commerce deliveries across the five boroughs. Details of the initiative were published …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 July 2024
• Beck’s Maps at 90 (Cartographic Journal) • Nottinghamshire power station receives final coal delivery by rail (Rail Advent) • World’s longest railway tunnel to reopen after a year (Rail Technology) • The Paris RER …
Continue readingOptimism about New York Subway Construction Costs? (PedObservations)
This year, there have been some positive signs about things changing in New York on subway construction – and yet, I’m uncertain about them. There are some signs that construction costs for Second Avenue Subway …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 April 2024
• ‘Russia trying to sabotage European railways,’ says Czech transport minister (Brussels Signal) • Hammersmith Bridge to get a long-term cycle lane (Ian Visits) • TPE launches initiative to help neurodiverse passengers build travel confidence …
Continue reading$16bn New York City tunnel learning from London tunnel projects (NewCivilEng)
A key member of the newly formed project team set to build the $16bn (£13bn) Hudson Tunnel Project has said how early designs and plans for the scheme are taking learnings from similar tunnelling projects …
Continue readingA new signalling system for the New York Subway (RailTech)
The New York City subway system is getting a makeover. Specifically, a team composed of Nordic Signals and two major US-based engineering companies is in the process of helping the MTA replace the old signalling …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 12 February 2024
• Former District line train to start GWR battery-train trials (IanVisits) • Vienna plans orbital S-Bahn lines (Rail Journal) • Construction to start in March on next phase of Second Avenue Subway (amNewYork) • How …
Continue readingNYC Subway State of Good Repair to Cost $43B over 5 Years, 80% of budget (CityLab)
New York City’s public transportation system will need an estimated $43 billion for capital repairs during the next five years, according to a new analysis by the state’s comptroller. Thomas DiNapoli’s projection comes as the Metropolitan Transportation …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 5 February 2024
• Why the hovercraft’s time might have finally arrived (BBC) • Athens Metro to Grow by a Third, Eliminating 53,000 Car Tips a Day (CityLab) • A year on from the East Palestine toxic train …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 February 2024
• London Overground staff to strike over pay (BBC) • Transport-related social exclusion in England (Transport for the North) • Through traffic to be banned from key routes across Edinburgh city centre (Edinburgh News) • …
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