It is important to give commuters greater, more reliable mass transit options and... great potential to get cars off of I-80 and eliminate other daily traffic jams in northern New Jersey.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
This corridor is important to national security and important to the whole Northeast. So it's not just our own New Jersey transportation needs: it's the whole rail corridor here we're talking about.
If you could take a subway from the suburbs in Boston, where I live, to downtown in 10 minutes, that improves your life over sitting in a traffic jam. People should see that.
If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won't have traffic problems.
States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.
Interstate highways dull the reality of place and distance almost as effectively as jetliners do: I loathe their scary monotony.
My view is that we should not be taxing at the Federal level for the things that New Jersey can do for itself.
The goal of mass transit is to convince people to abandon their cars, which feature such enticing accessories as CD players and elbow room.
I'm not a car guy. The subway gets me where I need to go efficiently and cheaply, and I don't worry about traffic.
Any urbanist has to appreciate New York City and the way it works. The public transit is astonishing.
The reality about transportation is that it's future-oriented. If we're planning for what we have, we're behind the curve.
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