Dear Peter, I was amazed to read about a commuter rail project called the Hudson Tunnel Project that is 6.5 miles long and yet only has one station. It is projected to cost $16 B! That works out to $2.5 B per mile or $16 B per station! The projected ridership was not provided, but it is hard to imagine this project has a benefit/cost ratio above 1.
ATN has the potential to provide similar levels of service at one thousandth the cost (OK, let's assume 100th or even a 10th the cost because of the need to tunnel) and yet is seldom considered. We have to keep working to change this
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Best regards,
Peter Muller, ATRA President
