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MACTRAXX: Very good point on the PA police. PA has a very strict policy on photos/video. I was once chased away taking shots from what is likely their very least important installation, namely a ferry terminal in Manhattan (basically a floating dock). My kid loves trains and spent about an hour at H...

You'll see lots of movements from Harrison. You can park right next to the new PATH station and watch from there. There is a surface lot abutting the NYC bound station so you can go back and forth to your car easily. Harrison is a perfectly safe area and is a burgeoning area with lots of places to e...

Rolled through Harrison at about 9:40,

Thanks for the insight, much appreciated.

The Port Authority rebuilt and expanded the east side of the Harrison station, building two new head houses on the east side of Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. The head house for the eastbound track opened in 2019. The new head houses and plazas are fantastic, representing an enormous improvement. Station ac...

Cuomo's focus got the bridge done in the only practical realistic way possible. Had it not been for Cuomo, I would not have been surprised if the old Tappan Zee would be taken out of service entirely due to structural concerns. This exact scenario played out for the Crown point Bridge over southern ...

In my view, Trump seems to have the attention span of a hamster and little ability to control his own administration. But even he is not scatter brained enough to write a $30 billion check to the very people who spend 24 hours a day trying to figure out how to impeach him. The decline and ultimate c...

Trump's tentacles stretch very far in this region across projects and indeed time itself. The PA bus terminal is completely overtaxed, and there's an obvious need to expand it. And yet, nothing concrete is on the drawing board for construction. The bus lane leading to the terminal is maxed out, and ...

Regarding the Turnpike widening (the "Merge" referred to above). Christie did not initiate that project. It was initiated by Codey and Corzine. Christie saw it to completion, but it wasn't his baby, That project was 100% toll supported and did not benefit from federal funds, ARC funds or a...

ARC was "fully funded" if you assume it would be on-time and on-budget, that Portal did not require replacing, etc. NJ's done a fairly good job getting road projects done on time. The Turnpike widening was on time and under budget, the Goethals Bridge was basically on time (I counted a six...

The Short Hills banker, cardiologist, dentist, tech worker (look at class pictures from the schools there, it's probably not what you think), I'm sure enjoy their chosen community, but they need to get to work. If NJ really thinks it has its tax donkeys right where it wants them...well, I guess that...

Well then, I guess NJ will just have to wait until two branches of the federal government see fit to devote what amounts to an enormous amount of the federal DOT budget to one rail project. I get that NJ doesn't see much direct income tax from NY commuters, but it's not as if when person X can't get...

The GOP will almost certainly lose the senate in the next cycle. They have way more seats to defend, and will have Trump dragging down the ticket. You still won't get the votes for the train. And, I'm being sincere here, I really don't understand it. There's no doubt in my mind that the simplest hor...

I don't understand why the last administration didn't apply actual cash to this project for its most loyal base of support. There was a supposed "pledge", whatever that means. I do understand why the current administration would not be receptive, as the entirety of the elected officials in...

If every dollar of that funding was used for Gateway, it would amount to approximately 5% of the total cost of the project.