In response to some of the comments, one having worked in the North River (Hudson River Tunnels) as a trainman they meet the requirements and spec for the high line and at 113 years of age they are in great shape, although they are at capacity. The second item is the Governor of NJ was right to stop the construction of a pair of tunnels that were going to terminate in a terminal below the main station, and were of limited value in the movement of traffic, along with the fact that should there be a problem in the original tunnels the two new tubes could not handle through traffic to and from New England. The bottom line no matter what we seem to do politics is brought into too the picture, narrow minded at best and of little value for meeting the future requirements of the nation.
Long overdue.
what is the cost savings of building two tunnels at the same time? why not build one tunnel now.that will increase capacity by 50 percent,which should be adequate for the next 30 years.i agree with the comment from IL ,there is no incentive for government management workers to work more efficiently. the fiasco with NJ Transit and hurricane Sandy is a great example.Christy should do a house cleaning there!
This Guse dude thinks he should live in a perfect world. I was once a Gov,t employee, busted my butt working for public transportation, trying to get the public to work. I did my job to the best of my abilities, but I’m human, and can not think of how to prevent every scenario of how a piece of equipment will fail. I think these tunnels are way past due, for other reasons other than to protect against breakdowns.
Mr Guse,
If you don’t like railroading, please refrain from your anti government diatribe that supposedly passes for thoughtful commentary. Every article, it’s the same crap, anti government, shiftless gov’t workers, etc. Please, just give it a rest or better yet, quit posting!
What does the picture have to do with the article?