Once again, the MTA has fallen behind on another one of its major capital projects. This time, the MTA wont meet its December 2013 deadline to initiate revenue service on the 7 Line extension into Hudson Yards on the West Side. Instead, it will be hoping for a July 2014 open, though parts wont be done until 2015 (more than 12 months late):The No. 7 subway line extension to 11th Avenue and West
Showing posts with label 7 Line. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 7 Line. Show all posts
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
MTA Kills 7 Train Proposal To Secaucus, Leaving Gateway As Only Proposed Cross-Hudson Transit Expansion Project
Posted on 07:00 by Unknown
MTA Chairman Joe Lhota has effectively killed any chance for the 7 Train to be extended to Secaucus. He cites the costs of building out the line and the need to build a maintenance yard in New Jersey.
Lhota has a point - the MTA can barely afford its existing system and is already over budget on existing expansion or renovation projects, including the 7 Line extension to the Javits Center, the
Lhota has a point - the MTA can barely afford its existing system and is already over budget on existing expansion or renovation projects, including the 7 Line extension to the Javits Center, the
Friday, 2 March 2012
Gov. Cuomo's Queens Convention Center Plan Takes Flak From Trade Show Industry
Posted on 06:45 by Unknown
When Gov. Andrew Cuomo indicated his intention to pave the way for Genting International to build a new and larger convention center at its Aqueduct casino facility, lots of people perked up. While everyone understands that there are serious limitations with the Javits Center on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan, the idea that the City would raze the site and open it up for redevelopment in
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Costly To Build; Costly To Maintain; And No Way To Pay For All of It
Posted on 09:10 by Unknown
I agree with much of what Benjamin Kabab writes on transit issues, and I don't disagree with his posting about how Amtrak lacks the operational funding to operate the Moynihan transit center for Penn Station in New York City. Money is in place to build out the Farley Post Office as a transit center to replace the decrepit Penn Station beneath Madison Square Garden, but it doesn't actually expand
Posted in 7 Line, ARC tunnel, Fulton Street Transit Hub, infrastructure, mass transit, MTA, NJ Transit, PANY-NJ, PATH, WTC Transit Hub
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