morris&essex4ever wrote:Thomas wrote:What lessons can ARC teach Gateway?
Don't put the NJ taxpayers on the hook for the billions of inevitable cost overruns.
Don't let NY/NYC free ride on a project that will immensely benefit it.
Sorry, but that was not the REAL reason why Christie killed ARC. Regardless of the "Cost overruns," Christie chose to restore his TTF without raising the Gas Tax. (ARC also no direct track connection into the current Penn Station, thus limiting back-up redundancy for Amtrak trains to Boston, Massachusetts).
What I don't understand, though, is how can people realistically expect Congress to authorize so much money for Gateway--even though pretty much everyone understands that it is needed?