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Expanding Commuter Rail Capacity to Manhattan: THE Tunnel Project

Art Silber, Thomas G. Schulze, Nasri Munfah

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This paper describes the Trans Hudson Express Project, with a budget of $6.1B (2005) is the largest transportation project ever undertaken by NJ TRANSIT. Scheduled for completion by 2015, it will improve the overall New York metropolitan area transportation system, will stimulate economic growth, and will maintain midtown Manhattan as a center of regional, national and global importance. The project has been planned using state-of-the-art design concepts, latest construction techniques and approaches, and with careful attention to environmental issues and concerns.

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This paper describes the Trans Hudson Express Project, with a budget of $6.1B (2005) is the largest transportation project ever undertaken by NJ TRANSIT. Scheduled for completion by 2015, it will improve the overall New York metropolitan area transportation system, will stimulate economic growth, and will maintain midtown Manhattan as a center of regional, national and global importance. The project has been planned using state-of-the-art design concepts, latest construction techniques and approaches, and with careful attention to environmental issues and concerns.

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This paper describes the Trans Hudson Express Project, with a budget of $6.1B (2005) is the largest transportation project ever undertaken by NJ TRANSIT. Scheduled for completion by 2015, it will improve the overall New York metropolitan area transportation system, will stimulate economic growth, and will maintain midtown Manhattan as a center of regional, national and global importance. The project has been planned using state-of-the-art design concepts, latest construction techniques and approaches, and with careful attention to environmental issues and concerns.

Key concepts: Metropolitan area, Transport engineering, Transit (satellite), Transportation infrastructure, Transportation planning, Environmental planning, Business, Engineering

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