COLUMN: Amtrak promised its review of Penn Station through-running was not designed to kill the plans. But, it quietly used two sleights of hand to disqualify a leading proposal, documents show. Amtrak's single-minded pursuit of Penn South will cost us -- curbed.com/article/amtrak…

Come inside one of the most inside-out, pre-determined planning processes I've ever seen, where every input is designed to yield just one outcome: A massive expansion of Penn that could be twice the size of ARC terminal and bigger than East Side Access -- curbed.com/article/amtrak…

“Through-running works. Amtrak does it through Penn Station dozens of times a day as trains pass through it…What makes Penn Station unique is that it was designed for it….The really hard work is already done. We just opt to not use it.”

Amtrak is pushing a proposal to build an expensive expansion of Penn Station to make room for more trains. But no one is clear if we need it, or why upgrading the current one wouldn’t work. Read more from Nolan Hicks: trib.al/JJaU31s

Amtrak's $16.7B Penn Expansion isn't progress—it's a monument to our transit agencies' siloed thinking. We're tearing down Midtown blocks instead of the barriers to real cooperation. Maybe it's time we 'value engineer' our approach to transit governance. curbed.com/article/amtrak…

I’ve asked why this info disappeared and was told it doesn’t fluctuate enough… even though there are severe fluctuations in the little data made available. Also, worth mentioning Adam Reich brought my attention to this and has asked repeatedly at board mtgs but no response yet.

“Expanding highways doesn’t reduce congestion, but it sounds like it should,” said Beth Osborne, the director of Transportation for America. “And by the time it fails, that politician won’t be there anyway.” David Zipper slate.com/business/2024/…

Happy Birthday Sir John. Celebrating his birthday at St Pancras Station.

Imagine getting out-permitted by Greenwich, Connecticut & Co.

“I board a 57th Street Crosstown bus at 8th Ave, crawl East... terrifying traffic blocks the bus... I choke on gas fumes... time stands still. Agonized faces glare. I glance at my watch, 30 minutes have passed. My [radio] informs me Scott and Irwin have already returned to the

As cities grow more congested and highways more crowded, Americans are nearing a moment of reckoning—realizing that the era of unrestricted car use is nearing its end.

If RI took passenger rail seriously instead of providing the bare minimum service afforded by the dumb luck of being directly on the Northeast Corridor.

Rhode Island could have all of this for the cost of one highway interchange rebuild

BIG NEWS in the legal fight to reinstate congestion pricing. There is officially a court date. On September 27, attorneys representing both sides will present their arguments before a judge in the Riders Alliance v. Hochul and City Club of New York v. Hochul cases.

Restore train service to East Greenwich, but put the station here and add timed ferry connections to Newport.

The gridlock in the Lincoln Tunnel this morning was a troubling display of how just a few traffic incidents can send the Trans-Hudson system spiraling into a complete meltdown. /1

Quick reminder that when the College Hill streetcar (now bus) tunnel was built in 1914, it was envisioned as the first piece of a multi-line subway system for Providence. Streetcars would have surfaced at the ends of the lines and diverged along individual routes at street level

Governor Hochul's attempt to relegate congestion pricing to the "political realm" is not just misguided—it's a dangerous abdication of leadership that threatens to strangle New York City's economic and environmental future. Let's be crystal clear: Congestion pricing isn't some

New Haven, home to one of the most-served rail stations in the country, finally has proposals for dense, walkable development across from the station entrance. Let's make sure there's affordable housing provisions and get it built:

Liam Blank @[email protected]/@[email protected] (they) ReThink Penn Station NYC