Reply With QuoteSo you have to transfer twice.
The advantages of PATH to EWR are nothing compared to cost and they'd most likely be using NEC lines anyway.Originally Posted by Nexis4Jersey
The majority of the traffic bound for Manhattan are daily commuters.
What real benefit does a LightRail from DT Newark to EWR provide? Newark Penn is the major train station for DT Newark and already connects to EWR.
On a different line.
So you have to transfer twice.
Germans To Upgrade PATH
PATH Train will receive an $321 million upgrade from a German-based tech firm-led group
By The Jersey Journal
January 20, 2010, 9:47AM
PATH Train
Siemens AG, a Germany-based industry, announced that its leading a consortium that signed a $321 million contract with Port Authority Trans-Hudson to automate and improve the PATH rail system.
The improvements are expected to increase the passenger size from 240,000 per day to 250,000.
Siemens plans to implement Communication-Based Train Control, which will reduce intervals between trains and, in turn, allow more trains to use the same track.
Installing the technology on the 100-year-old PATH system will increase safety and reliability and reduce maintenance costs on the routes that connect the World Trade Center and Herald Square in Manhattan with Jersey City, Newark and Hoboken in New Jersey.
Other participants in the consortium include Daidone Electric of Newark and Aldridge Electric of Libertyville, Ill.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2...ve_an_321.html
Last edited by JCMAN320; February 1st, 2010 at 11:55 PM.
Big yay to that.
I hate waiting to transfer at Journal Square.
Got To Be Kidding!
Bridge to carry pedestrians over road at Port Imperial is, for now, in limbo
Friday, February 12, 2010
By KARINA L. ARRUE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal
The pedestrian bridge spanning Port Imperial Boulevard in Weehawken from the Light Rail Station to the NY Waterway Ferry terminal is still unfinished after more than four years.
WEEHAWKEN - Hudson County has its own "bridge to nowhere." While it doesn't connect any remote islands, it appears to be just as much of a boondoggle as the proposed $398 million Alaska span that became synonymous with wasteful spending.
A pedestrian bridge adjacent to the Port Imperial Light Rail station in Weehawken has been unfinished for at least four years - and no one's sure when it will be completed.
The elevated walkway - with the Light Rail station on one side and a bus stop and the NY Waterway ferry terminal on the other - would allow pedestrians to traverse Port Imperial Boulevard safely above three lanes of traffic.
Construction on the walkway began before the Light Rail station opened in October 2005, but a set of stairs and an elevator on the east side have yet to be constructed.
Gus Villalobos, 56, of Union City, who takes the Light Rail at 49th Street to the Port Imperial Station before crossing the street at a nearby traffic light, said "it would be nice not to have to wait (for the lights to change)."
A spokeswoman for New Jersey Transit said that the completion of the walkway is tied to development in Weehawken, but Mayor Richard F. Turner says that the joint project between NJ Transit and Roseland Property was stalled due to the slumping economy.
The projected cost of the walkway was $8 million five years ago, NJ Transit spokesman Dan Stessel said.
Turner said the walkway bridge was to be built by NJ Transit in two phases, and the first had to be completed before the Light Rail went up or the construction would have required shutting down electric lines and disrupting the Light Rail system at Port Imperial for six months.
But in addition to money woes, the second phase was stalled because of changes in the design, said Joseph Gurkovich, vice president of development at Roseland Property.
Gurkovich said Roseland is in negotiations with NJ Transit about the design that was modified because it didn't fit in with the design of a public garage Roseland plans to build on a parcel of land adjacent to the bridge.
"It needs to look like they weren't built separately," said Gurkovich. Once negotiations are complete, a new shell will be built around the abutment of the bridge that will match the five-level garage.
From there, it would take four to six months for the staircase and elevator to be constructed, and about 18 months for the garage, which will service mostly ferry customers, he said.
Yea , everytime i see that , i always wondered why it wasn't finished it seemed odd , and now to hear why , that just makes me angry that its a tiny reason. I guess they wait till someone gets killed crossing Port Imperial Boulevard. Another thing i'm angry about is the intersection at the end of Port Imperial Boulevard near the Helix , why wasn't that fixed , when they put they Light Rail in?
~Corey
What do you guys think about my Light Rail plan for around New Jersey.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...49d560cc0de790
~Corey
Hi Corey, MegaBus aka Kevin from NYCTF here,What do you guys think about my Light Rail plan for around New Jersey.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...49d560cc0de790
~Corey. I relly like your North Jersey Light Rail Plan in ways.
However the loop lines I feel is not needed, as well as the Gold Coast Services should all be able to connect to Hoboken Terminal, Newark Service all end at Newark Terminal while the Paterson Passaic corridor should have two more extensions - one serving Teaneck and one serving Paramus shopping district (Garden State Plaza). While certain lines should not follow commputer rail lines because it would be dubbed 'useless'. And certain lines should be combined to save service. I'll post in a later date when I figure out my proposals to share.
Looks good to me -
Why would it be needed , alot ppl in the NJ Gold Coast , go up & down JFK , so some sort of Rail service will be needed over the coming decades to relive congestion. whether underground which would be the most expensive & best choice or above ground to replace or lessen the stress on the Bus lines. Not all services need to go to Hoboken , some can go to Journal SQ & others to Fort Lee. The Newark service would either end @ Broad Street Station or Newark Penn , they would be the 2 key points. Another line should go up further to service the Hudson River Condo area of the NJ Gold Coast , becuz River Road is starting to become a bottleneck.Hi Corey, MegaBus aka Kevin from NYCTF here,
However the loop lines I feel is not needed, as well as the Gold Coast Services should all be able to connect to Hoboken Terminal, Newark Service all end at Newark Terminal while the Paterson Passaic corridor should have two more extensions - one serving Teaneck and one serving Paramus shopping district (Garden State Plaza). While certain lines should not follow commputer rail lines because it would be dubbed 'useless'. And certain lines should be combined to save service. I'll post in a later date when I figure out my proposals to share.
~Corey
Wouldn't it be great if the light rail system was that developed? For the most part, I like it... especially the Broad St. line in Newark. The loops are a little confusing though. I could imagine trying to transfer to another line and looking at that map and being completely confused. There should be a way to have terminus stations and still hit all the areas you highlighted in your map. What I also think would be great is a light rail line down So. Orange Ave connecting to the So. Orange Train Station as well as a line down Springfield Ave connecting to the Maplewood Train Station. And maybe the continuation of the Newark light rail along Bloomfield Ave all the way to downtown Montclair.What do you guys think about my Light Rail plan for around New Jersey.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...49d560cc0de790
~Corey
@Nexis4Jersey
Well, I do hope the 'loop-lines' would not be like too short, more like the length of the Newark Light Rail Broad St. Line. As well as the loops should include at least one main terminal (e.g. Newark Loop 1 Terminal at Newark-Penn Station.)
Second, these light rails should 'inter-connectable' Which as an example means the Fort Lee Lines should connect to the Paterson Lines around Paramus and the Hobokon Lines around Tonnelle Ave. for the ease of ride
And, I agree with your other proposals. These systems will greatly benefit the Northern Jersey Communities.
@ScrollHectic:
I agree with you, at least if the new light rail lines does not become to competitive with Commuter Rail and Bus lines.
I particularly like the line that parallels rt. 1&9, hell...I'd use it.
The Northern Branch line that would terminate in Tenafly could go even farther north through Closter and Northvale right on up to Rockland County. That section of northeastern Bergen County (called Northern Valley) has no commuter rail at all - though it once did.
Interesting graphic:
Number Who Commute by Auto to the Central Business District
Percent Who Commute by Auto to the Central Business District
http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/12/0...ers-come-from/
Question and Problem Answered
Work has begun in Weehawken to ease road access to waterfront from Boulevard East
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
By JEAN-PIERRE MESTANZA
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal
Baldwin Avenue in Weehawken will be expanded from two lanes to five lanes as part of the waterfront project.
WEEHAWKEN - Construction started last week on a $4.1 million federally funded infrastructure project to ease access to the Weehawken waterfront from Boulevard East.
"It is long overdue," said Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner. "It will make access to the waterfront safer and easier."
Wednesday's groundbreaking ceremony, attended by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, U.S. Rep. Albio Sires and County Executive Tom DeGise, marked the start of the project, which is to be completed within a year, Turner said.
The project will expand the number of lanes on Baldwin Avenue from two to five, while Port Imperial Boulevard and Waterfront Terrace will be connected to make one road with four lanes, Turner said.
Roughly 2,200 feet of new roadway, including sidewalks and curbs, will be created, as well as 3,000 feet of new storm water drainage, and a 90-foot extension of the Hudson River Walkway.
The project is being funded by two federal grants - a 2001 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act grant for $2.5 million and a 2005 Transportation Equity Assistance Grant for $1.6 million, according to a press release.
Turner said the town has wanted to improve access to the waterfront for about 20 years. Land had to be purchased from several property owners to make the project possible. He emphasized that no town money was used to purchase the properties.
http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/weeh...300.xml&coll=3
JCMAN NOTE: The waterfront walkway section will connect the Weehawken Walkway and Hoboken Walkway at Weehawken Cove.
Last edited by JCMAN320; September 24th, 2010 at 01:14 PM.
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