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Old Posted Sep 26, 2022, 3:29 PM
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Originally Posted by k1052 View Post
The ESA is a project from a time where LIRR was crush loaded into Penn and the hot office market had moved to the east side of Midtown. Peak commuter demand has now been decimated by COVID (perhaps never to fully return) and the high end office market is more diffuse and subdued. Politicians like opening stations though so you can still get those funded as well as some extensions (SAS). Utica would be a relatively easy sell and directly benefit a ton of people.

Hudson Yards, within walking distance of Penn, has no doubt attracted more new office construction than has East Side Access. East Side Access can be easily accessed by the LIRR or NJ Transit (plus PATH) but not Metro North. For the the area around Grand Central to attract more office, it would need direct commuter service from New Jersey, either NJ Transit or PATH.
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