HappyArtichoke7729 t1_ixi3inu wrote on November 23, 2022 at 4:41 PM

Reply to comment by Brudesandwich in !TPK project budget more than doubles to 10 billion by ReadenReply

A new north/south PATH line would make it far easier to commute around in Hudson County. I'm talking about a line entirely inside New Jersey.

PATH is a lot faster and more reliable than HBLR, probably mostly because it doesn't cross roads.

Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_ixi7ifi wrote on November 23, 2022 at 5:07 PM

You seem utterly impervious to the fact that an underground subway line is so prohibitively expensive it will never happen in a million years. There's no surface right of ways to use like they did with the HBLR, and an elevated line is also stupid expensive. Your desire for it doesn't make it any more practical than the often raised idiotic idea for a Hudson pedestrian bridge or tunnel.

There's zero reason to think building subway would be cheaper in Hudson county than in NY.

The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-construction-costs.html

Brudesandwich t1_ixi9udb wrote on November 23, 2022 at 5:23 PM

No it literally would not. The PATH only services those who are ONLY here for NYC. The PATH system and HBLR system are entirely different. Building a PATH line would be EXTREMELY expensive. Furthermore, I've rarely had an issue taking the HBLR compared to the PATH. The PATH is one of the reason I don't even venture to nyc anymore, from my perspective it seems it's happened more since covid.

HappyArtichoke7729 t1_ixim8gw wrote on November 23, 2022 at 6:43 PM

This is like a little child telling you that building a road to CityB won't allow more people to get to CityB because the road only goes to CityA right now.

Of course, because the new road isn't fucking built yet. Completely not understanding what "build a new road" means.

Complete facepalm.

Are you 9?