[HN Gopher] Groundbreaking marks start of work on Penn Station A...
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       Groundbreaking marks start of work on Penn Station Access
        
       Author : eatonphil
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2022-12-10 18:51 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | genocidicbunny wrote:
       | Wonder if they will manage to finish this before VTA can finish
       | the San Jose extension to BART.
        
       | woodruffw wrote:
       | Exciting stuff! See also the proposed Interborough Express[1] and
       | the East Side Access[2] project.
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       | [1]: https://new.mta.info/project/interborough-express
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       | [2]: https://new.mta.info/project/east-side-access
        
       | blehn wrote:
       | What's the practical benefit of this? Metro North already runs
       | into Grand Central, which is less than minutes away from Penn
       | Station. You don't even have to go outside if you don't want to.
       | 
       | Would much rather see progress on Interborough Express that
       | another commenter linked to.
        
         | melling wrote:
         | Ever commute and have to transfer a couple times?
         | 
         | Every transfer adds quite a bit of time.
         | 
         | Multiply that times 2 for a daily commute, times 220 working
         | days, times a million commuters.
        
       | melling wrote:
       | What ever happened to the 2.4 mile NJ Path extension to Newark
       | airport?
       | 
       | https://www.nj.com/essex/2017/12/a_timeline_charting_the_pat...
       | 
       | There are so many ways to reduce the bus, taxi, and car usage in
       | the NYC metro area.
        
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