Comments on: RPA: ARC tunnel will cause spike in property value

By: The Case of the Uneducated NIMBYs ..... - New Jersey (NJ) - Page 3 - City-Data Forum

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:11:37 +0000

[...] Originally Posted by HalfFull I'd love to see proof of that. I don't doubt that having a station in walking distance would boost value. But next door…? That also goes for some bus lines to Urban Jersey / NYC….. RPA: ARC tunnel will cause spike in property value :: Second Ave. Sagas [...]

By: To cross the Hudson, a one-seat ride & a 3rd plan :: Second Ave. Sagas

To cross the Hudson, a one-seat ride & a 3rd plan :: Second Ave. Sagas — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:52:10 +0000

[...] In addition to increased cross-Hudson capacity, one of the primary benefits New Jersey commuters would have derived from the ARC Tunnel concerned travel speeds. As New Jersey Transit, its equipment and its lone Hudson river crossing are configured, riders along the Raritan Valley and North Jersey Coast Lines do not enjoy one-seat rides into New York City. Through a combination of equipment upgrades and capacity increases, commute times would have dropped and property values would have increased. [...]

By: Report: ARC Tunnel will cut 15-30 minutes off NJ commute times :: Second Ave. Sagas

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:11:09 +0000

[...] place. It is the companion piece to a study released earlier this year showing how ARC will lead to an $18-billion increase in property value. “The benefits of ARC are far-reaching and well-defined,” Bob Yaro, president of the RPA, said. [...]

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:44:25 +0000

Don’t be so sure. With ESA at least, the plan is that getting upstairs should take about five minutes. ARC is located at about the same depth.

By: Adirondacker12800

Adirondacker12800 — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:24:51 +0000

Yes. 31st and 8th and four flights down is bit farther away than 34th and 7th and 8 or 9 flights down when you are trying to get to 34th and 6th.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:18:29 +0000

Are you including the 175-foot elevator trip?

By: Adirondacker12800

Adirondacker12800 — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:16:15 +0000

and compared to coming in on track 1 getting to the subway is going to be faster from track 22. Especially if you want the Sixth Ave IND or the BMT.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:33:20 +0000

The WTC station is located right next to the local CBD, so it can get away with absolutely shitty transfers to the subway somewhat more than Penn Station does. But even it isn’t nearly as deep as Alternative P.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:31:46 +0000

Europe has shorter workweeks than the US across the board, stronger labor protections, stronger (but less militant) unions, and more generous benefits for workers.

We don’t really need to found engineering companies that build subways at reasonable cost. They already exist, by the dozens, in the rest of the developed world.

By: Adirondacker12800

Adirondacker12800 — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:29:35 +0000

Like the deep underground station the same set of New Jerseyans use every day down at the World Trade Center… nay no one uses that one…