Response to Eugene Sinigalliano’s “A Block 780 Resident Reacts to the FRA’s Recent Takeover at Penn Station”
Chelsea Community News
Trump Administration Takes Control of Penn Station Overhaul
Rail Passengers Association
The Failure of Metropolitan Coordination in the New York Tri-State Area
An inquiry into the historical trajectory of regional governance within the New York metropolitan area reveals a persistent pattern of institutional fragmentation and frustrated attempts at meaningful coordination. While the post-war era witnessed the emergence of a broad consensus among planners and some public officials on the necessity of addressing metropolitan problems on a scale […]
Train to the Game: How Metro-North, Amtrak, and NJ Transit Built—and Killed—Regional Rail to the Meadowlands
Skip to article Dark mode Train to the Game · A Penn Station Case Study How the MTA, Amtrak, and NJ TRANSIT Built—and Failed to Sustain—Regional Rail to the Meadowlands The eight-year rise and fall of a train service that crossed Penn Station—and what it shows about plans to let commuter trains continue through the […]
The Center City Commuter Connection
Key Insights • The Infrastructure: A 1.7-mile, $330 million tunnel united the Pennsylvania and Reading railroad networks in 1984. • The Impact: Eliminated downtown transfers, saving 2,500 daily person-hours and enabling direct suburb-to-suburb travel. • The Unmet Potential: Despite physical capacity rivaling Munich’s S-Bahn, funding crises and operational choices have prevented true high-frequency metro service. […]
Amtrak Wants to Sell Us a Very Expensive New Station
New York Magazine
Shelved Penn Station fixes could avoid $17 billion expansion — if transit agencies actually work together: Post investigation
New York Post
Ask Us Anything About Penn Station, With Layla Law-Gisiko & Liam Blank
The City Club of New York
This mega-map shows how MARC’s extension to Newark links us to a much broader region
Greater Greater Washington
Why Doesn’t the MTA Actually Tell Us What It’s Paying For?
Streetsblog NYC