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Originally Posted by ardecila
Seriously... maybe extending the 7 to Secaucus is needed after all, not as a replacement for Amtrak Gateway but as a replacement for rebuilding Port Authority.
The staging is easy, too - if you finish the subway line, then you can continue to use half of the current Port Authority while the other half remains in use.
At the end of it, you wind up with 10 tracks across the Hudson instead of the current 6, plus the XBL.
All of this together would cost about $20bn at New York prices, though.
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Yes!! I view this as great news! (Obviously the Port Authority needs replacement but the rejection forces the 7 line extension to Secaucus junction back on the table).
Read the plan developed by Parsons Brinckerhoff here:
http://www.nycedc.com/sites/default/...April_2013.pdf
The plan also calls for construction of a new bus terminal to handle the NJ Transit buses along with any private competitors. That will reduce bus congestion at the Lincoln tunnel and the PABT. A new PABT will eventually be built, but the 7 line extension needs all the help it can get and I'd rate it as a higher priority project.