The 1963 Plan That Could Have Saved Penn Station
Buried on page 16C of the New York Sunday News from May 19, 1963—just months before Pennsylvania Station met its demise—sits an article with the headline: “Tunnel Under Park Ave. Urged to Link All Rail Lines.” The paper is yellowed now, the kind of artifact you’d find in a library’s microfilm collection if you knew […]
New York’s Office Market Could Win Big With Andy Byford
Commercial Observer
Andy Byford will lead Penn Station’s overhaul as Amtrak Board of Directors Special Advisor—what does it mean for the redesign?
The Architect’s Newspaper
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 Starts New Public Comment Era on Penn Station with Potential Trump Wild Card
West Side Spirit
Statement in Response to the October 2024 “Doubling of Trans-Hudson Train Capacity at Penn Station”
The 2024 Penn Station Feasibility Study is no vision for the future. It’s a multi-million-dollar excuse for the status quo. When the public demanded a modern, seamless transit network like they have in London or Paris, the railroads panicked and circled the wagons. They commissioned an “expert” study specifically rigged to prove that joining the […]