Transportation among bustling meeting destinations of the Northeast, including New York City, New Jersey and Boston, is set to get easier with the groundbreaking yesterday of the Trans-Hudson Passenger Rail Tunnel. Named the Access to the Region's Core (ARC) Project, the tunnel will link New Jersey with New York.
Overall, the ARC Project is expected to double commuter rail capacity in the nation's busiest rail corridor, running from Boston to Washington, DC. Rail lines including the North Jersey Coast Line, Morristown Line, and Northeast Corridor, which serves East Coast cities such as Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark and New Haven, will see more frequent and express service thanks to the ARC Project. A number of lines, including the Bergen County Line, Raritan Valley Line, North Jersey Coast Line, and Main Line, will receive direct service to Manhattan.
The Department of Transportation has committed $3 billion to this $8.7 billion project over its lifespan, the largest commitment to any transportation project anywhere in the country in the history of the Department. In addition to facilitating transportation, the project is expected to generate 6,000 construction-related jobs and has been hailed as a great step to getting out of the economic crisis.
"This is going to promote mobility, reduce commuter congestion, staunch carbon emissions, enhance regional competitiveness and lay a foundation for an extraordinary expansion of mass transit in the most densely populate state in the nation," New Jersey Gov. John Corzine told CNN.
Learn more at the ARC Project.
Overall, the ARC Project is expected to double commuter rail capacity in the nation's busiest rail corridor, running from Boston to Washington, DC. Rail lines including the North Jersey Coast Line, Morristown Line, and Northeast Corridor, which serves East Coast cities such as Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark and New Haven, will see more frequent and express service thanks to the ARC Project. A number of lines, including the Bergen County Line, Raritan Valley Line, North Jersey Coast Line, and Main Line, will receive direct service to Manhattan.
The Department of Transportation has committed $3 billion to this $8.7 billion project over its lifespan, the largest commitment to any transportation project anywhere in the country in the history of the Department. In addition to facilitating transportation, the project is expected to generate 6,000 construction-related jobs and has been hailed as a great step to getting out of the economic crisis.
"This is going to promote mobility, reduce commuter congestion, staunch carbon emissions, enhance regional competitiveness and lay a foundation for an extraordinary expansion of mass transit in the most densely populate state in the nation," New Jersey Gov. John Corzine told CNN.
Learn more at the ARC Project.
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