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Ask George: "The Mother of All Train Station Connections"

... Hudson River - known as Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) – proposed bringing the new 2-track tunnel directly into existing ... plan -- Alternative G. More questions about ARC? Want to know more about Sunnyside Yards, connecting Metro North to Penn ...

Blog entry - keenan - 2008-02-28 14:55 - 3 comments - 0 attachments

ARC: Critical to Build, A Struggle to Fund

... about the importance to build, and the struggle to fund, ARC (Access to the Region’s Core). The proposed tunnel would be the first ... clear transportation improvements: Brown wrote that ARC is "the largest individual transportation project in the New York area by ...

Blog entry - mas_admin - 2008-07-30 23:52 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

NYT Covers Penn Station Tunnels Anniversary and ARC

... month, the focus is on the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) project, an ambitious plan by NJ Transit and the Port Authority to build a ... set of tunnels reached peak capacity in 2003, which makes ARC an “urgent necessity” according to transportation officials. Here ...

Blog entry - keenan - 2008-04-08 10:15 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Next Tuesday at MAS: Moynihan Station: What Needs to Happen Next?

... at capacity during the morning and evening rush. NJT’s ARC project (Access to the Regions Core) addresses additional tunnels and tracks at Penn. ESA and ARC represent much needed changes to the region’s rail transportation ...

Blog entry - Visitor - 2008-05-07 22:05 - 8 comments - 0 attachments

ARC: 100 Years Later, An Attempt to Re-Conquer Gotham

... tunnel in one hundred years. The project is known as “ARC” for Access to the Region’s Core . The $7.6 billion project ... arrived in the magnificent old Penn Station, the new ARC tunnel will terminate in a cavern 125 feet below Macy's. To connect to ...

Blog entry - keenan - 2008-03-19 17:47 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Amtrak CEO Talks Moynihan Station, Capacity, ARC, & More

In an interview yesterday with the NY Observer , Amtrak National Stationmaster, C.E.O. and president Alex Kummant discusses how to cope with the projected increases in commuter volume in the North-East corridor by 2030 and the impact this will have u ...

Blog entry - mas_admin - 2008-08-13 13:23 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Paterson Wants More Transportation Improvements at Moynihan Station

... because one of their plans, coincides with ours -- the ARC plan and we’d like to try to that get done. Everyone understands ... to Amtrak. Perhaps this means there's potential for the ARC/Penn Station connection. Let's hope they announce a plan to move forward ...

Blog entry - mas_admin - 2008-09-09 23:45 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Jill Jonnes Bucks Up the Moynihan Station Crowd

... to “re-conquer Gotham,” Moynihan Station and ARC . Apparently, she has even been offered a ride in the ARC tunnel machine when the project starts rolling! In conclusion, Jonnes ...

Blog entry - keenan - 2008-04-24 13:01 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Ask George: About the Port Authority and Moynihan Station

... into existing tracks and platforms at Penn Station ( See ARC ), connecting these tracks to Grand Central and extending this ...

Blog entry - keenan - 2008-04-21 16:58 - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Times Critic Proposes MSG Demolition

Nicolai Ouroussoff, The New York Times architecture critic, wrote a rambunctious article about the handful of New York City the should face the wrecking ball. It's no surprise that Madison Square Garden topped the list. Ouroussoff wrote: ...

Blog entry - mas_admin - 2008-09-29 23:41 - 2 comments - 0 attachments


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