OPINION: Cuomo and Murphy Must Sign the Transportation and Climate Initiative
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Our transit systems and environment urgently need the regional agreement, a policy analyst argues.
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Op-Ed: A Better Plan Than Cuomo’s $8B Penn Station Annex
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The governor would disrupt Midtown in order to enlarge the station. "Through-running" would enable us to avoid that — and provide one-seat rides around the tri-state.
Op-Ed: Feds Must Help Keep Transit Running
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Transit is the only option for thousands of low-income essential workers — and essential for the revival of the regional economy — as New Jersey shows.
MTA Leads Multiple Agencies in Demanding $25B from Congress
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The leaders of 10 transit systems — from coast to coast — are begging Washington for "at least" $25 billion in emergency funding as they battle the twin symptoms of the coronavirus: freefalling ridership and additional costs.
Feds Must Fix Hudson River Tunnel Before Catastrophic Failure Cripples New York
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The Regional Plan Association estimates that a failure of the tunnel would cost billions to the New York region and send home values plummeting.
Integrated Planning Can Help Free New York Transit From Dependence on Trump
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The New York region can’t count on Washington to fund its transit mega-projects.