Commuters, cab drivers and transit advocates said Wednesday they were unimpressed and disgusted with a proposed financial bailout deal for the nation's largest mass transit system, even though many expressed relief that the base subway fare would only increase by 25 cents. "It's something you ...

Call it good timing. While the bulk of federal stimulus money for transportation and infrastructure will likely go toward repair and renovation projects, one gigantic new construction project will also reap the rewards: New Jersey Transit’s $8.7 billion planned set of new rail tunnels under the Hudson River called Access to the Region's Core (ARC). The tunnels ...

One could probably make a book—or at least a pretty big pamphlet—out of renderings associated with the chronically immobile project to expand and renovate Penn Station, now known as Moynihan Station. The project has morphed repeatedly since its birth in the early 1990s but failed to do little other than pay out consultant fees and inspire newspaper articles ...

A snapshot from our year. January 1 Eliot Spitzer, Builder Right now, as an entry point to the metro region, the existing Penn Station is certainly not what we would desire. It’s—the metaphors I use I’m not sure I want printed. … When you go down into the depths of Penn Station, you feel that you’re descending ...