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Northeast Corridor Commission Announces CONNECT NEC 2035Washington, DC(July 14, 2021)—The Northeast Corridor Commission released CONNECT NEC 2035 (C35) today—a 15-year plan representing the most ambitious reinvestment program in the NEC’s history and a new way of planning: a multi-agency, multi-year, shared action plan guided by a long-term vision. The state governments of the Northeast, the federal government, eight commuter rail agencies, and Amtrak worked together through the NEC Commission to develop a detailed and efficient sequencing of infrastructure investments covering 150 projects and capital renewal efforts along the corridor.

C35 is the first phase of the long-term vision for the corridor established in the Federal Railroad Administration’s 2017 NEC FUTURE plan, making significant improvements to NEC rail service for both existing and new riders, on both commuter rail systems and Amtrak. The $117 billion C35 plan would result in a renewed NEC with the following benefits for a thriving Northeast region:

•Improve mobility and connections

o Travel time savings valued at nearly $140 million annually for intercity and commuter rail passengers corridor-wide

o 26-minute faster trips for Acela riders traveling from DC to NYC & 28-minute faster trips from NYC to Boston

o 25-minute faster trips for express commuters traveling from New Haven to NYC

o Daily Amtrak NEC service increases of 33% and doubled service for several commuter railroads

o New one-seat ride services in NJ, NY, and CT into Penn Station New York

The executive summary can be found here.

The full report can be found here.