Unlocking Newark

Newark feels distant because the trip breaks at New York Penn Station.

Penn Through-Running District Atlas

This page translates a tract-level through-running model into a district-facing public-policy brief. It shows where Penn through-running would most clearly matter, which corridors were actually modeled, who currently represents each district, and why some districts are first-wave winners while others are more indirect parts of the regional case.

Mobilizing The Region Archive

Dispatches, analysis, and advocacy coverage tracing how transportation shaped the region from the mid-1990s through 2026.

The Real Impact of Congestion Pricing

New York City began charging most vehicles entering the CBD on January 5, 2025. This analysis compares January through Aug 2025 with the same stretch of 2024, wherever a real pre-toll baseline exists.

Train to the Game: How Metro-North, Amtrak, and NJ Transit Built—and Killed—Regional Rail to the Meadowlands

https://liamblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrainToTheGame.mov Train To The Game 8 min read How the MTA, Amtrak, and NJ Transit Built—and Killed—Regional Rail to the Meadowlands The 8-year rise and fall of a tri-state experiment in regional integration, and what it means for the 2026 World Cup Howard Permut (Metro-North), Helena Williams (MTA interim executive director), and Richard Sarles (NJ […]