RE: (erielack) New tunnel

["Peter" <peterh55_@_comcast.net>]

The Web site to look at is Inside ARC [InsideARC_@_tunnelpartnership.com]
There are very very long and tall escalators from subways in NY and they
mention the use of the same on this  web site.

Makes a very good combination with the news today that the approvals are
moving ahead on relaying the DL&W from PA for commuters. 

Pete Heimbach

- -----Original Message-----
From: Janet & Randy Brown [mailto:jananran_@_mymailstation.com] 
Sent: Monday, 08 June, 2009 6:01 PM
To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
Subject: (erielack) New tunnel

The New Yotrk Times reported today that ground would be broken on Monday
(today? Or next week?) for the new Mass Transit Tunnel into Manhattan.
(Apparently, it's no longer THE Tunnel; just another one)
They reported the plan for a new station in Manhattan 18 stories down in the
bedrock.

The article touts the project as a boon to commuters and the environment
through the diversion of auto traffic to rail and glances at the political
considerations of a New Jersey agency building a project in New York and the
lack of connections to either Pensylvania Station or Grand Central Terminal.
However, it makes no mention of how the new system will carry thousands of
commuters per hour to the surface.  How will they do it?  An escalator as
long as a football field?  Several boxcar-sized elevators?

The article did mention one criticism:  the difficulty of evacuation in an
emergency.

Well, time and money will tell -- eight years and $8+billion.

Randy Brown

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