Joe_Jeep t1_j1ecx36 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 6:05 PM

Reply to comment by HobbitFoot in RIP To Anyone Travelling Out of Hoboken by Castor_and_Pollux123

Its not. They're choosing to fund explaining the highway.

Which is damn foolish in general given traffic will just continue bottlenecking at the tunnels but I digress

specialgravity t1_j1ehsm9 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 6:38 PM

It's unaffordable to commute on the turnpike and 78 as it is right now. I can't imagine what it will cost when they add their $10b lane.

Please, for the love of god just expand our existing rail. There is plenty of dormant, unused rail that is going to waste. Unearth it and make it feasible to travel by train again. Make it so I don't have to transfer at Newark or Secaucus every trip and I will gladly use the train more. You'd think after Xanadu and Revel the state would listen to it's voters, but I guess corruption wins out.

emveetu t1_j1ezi6s wrote on December 23, 2022 at 8:41 PM

Not trying to give you shit but why is it unaffordable to drive on 78?

HobbitFoot t1_j1edr6a wrote on December 23, 2022 at 6:11 PM

Who is they?

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is a self funding agency that makes money from tolls on its road. It is using that money to fund this program over decades.

NJTransit is an independent agency, but it relies on the state to cover deficiencies in its budget. This isn't a judgement against NJTransit, as mass transit typically requires subsidies. If NJTransit were to build this project, it would be funding from the state.