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It's time to start asking questions about the Penn South track expansion part of the Gateway project package. Regional Plan says we can't widen Penn's platforms for thru-running (a la ReThinkNYC) without building Penn South first, but that seems contrary to experience abroad

“Grander plans suggested by ReThink NYC have proposed using Penn Station as a through station to allow metro area transit agencies to run service on any system in the tri-state.” nj.com/news/2021/12/w…

“Toss aside the longstanding agency and state tribalism that has long hindered transit progress. And give a fresh examination to some ideas previously derided as far-out, such as the ReThink NYC proposal for through-running trains at Penn Station…” bondbuyer.com/opinion/time-t…

@kimmelman NYC Planning Spreading development around the region allows growth more easily and distributes the wealth more equitably. ReThinkNYC rethinknyc.org/run-overview/

If you want to learn more about what through running Penn Station means, check out this explainer from ReThinkNYC rethinknyc.org/rethinkpenn/

Improving Penn Station is important, but the state cannot irresponsibly rush this process Any design plans must center transit and the needs of the community & city, not the developers who stand to make money The state must take the time for a real plan with real transparency

Read my op-Ed in @gothamgazette on why the State must rethink the plan for Penn Station gothamgazette.com/opinion/11294-…

Paul Goldberger The no 1 thing Penn needs (after the tunnels!) is through running. Everything else it needs - daylight, clarity, frequency, space… are easier & prob cheaper w through running. Great to see this finally getting discussed eg ReThinkNYC and Tony Simone piece in Gotham Gazette

Thank you PennForAll, HDC and ReThinkNYC for making our community's position clear: we do NOT support the current "New Penn Station" plan, which demolishes neighborhoods + rewards private developers in exchange for an undefined community benefit sometime in the future

…from Monmouth County to Suffolk County, including cities like Newark and Paterson. Market-built affordable housing depends on low land costs and is usually 5 stories or less (because the construction costs are lower). ReThinkNYC rethinknyc.org/run-overview/

And lead us not into Penn Station, But deliver us from Vornado. bit.ly/ESCleadus

Fourth panel New York State Senate #PennStation hearing, offering testimony ReThinkNYC #HumanScale & Grand Penn Community Alliance | Livestream: ow.ly/qwxH50JEJ3H

"NYers will get an uninspired, abjectly mediocre Penn Station and vicinity that will hurt the city, the state & the region, when what they need is a shot in the arm. This plan is a blown opportunity for the ages." Opinion by Sam Turvey of ReThinkNYC: bit.ly/3OMlD3b

Dana Rubinstein Without through-running, how is this worth the expense?

“Critics of the region’s infrastructure projects have long questioned Amtrak’s reluctance to enhance the usefulness of the new tunnel by running commuter trains from New Jersey through Penn Station and east to Grand Central Terminal or Long Island.” nytimes.com/2022/08/31/nyr…

"Now that we know it will cost more than $16 billion and not be done by 2035, why not push for more to be done with that money? We should be negotiating to allow NJ TRANSIT trains to run through Penn Station to places like LIC and Jamaica." Liam Blank audacy.com/podcasts/wcbsa…

Any plan for Penn Station that doesn't include wider platforms and through-running service is a policy failure.

Great story on Penn Station and through-running by Dan Rivoli on Spectrum News NY1 ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug… Tri-State Transportation Campaign ReThinkNYC ReThink Penn Station NYC

Every time I come into NY Penn Station, I think of how much better NYC regional transit would be if we could ever achieve ReThinkNYC’s Regional Unified Network. Better than a facelift— actually improving how transit moves people around the region. rethinknyc.org/run-phase1/

In addition to support from Reinvent Albany, the bill has the support of Fiscal Policy Institute, NYSCouncilofChurches, ReThinkNYC, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, Hunger Free America, Citizens Union, and many, many other groups. Read our full memo of support: reinventalbany.org/wp-content/upl…