Hi everyone, thank you for watching! I really appreciate the support.

As a North Jersey resident, Chris Christie gets under my nerves. I remember this talk about the project and his vocal disapproval of it, mostly because of costs that you mentioned. Meanwhile this guy is closing down lanes and creating a scandal on the GWB and spent close to $100k of tax payer money on concessions at giants games during his time as governor. Unreal. The country needs to reinvest in the rail system, we are way behind.

Would be FANTASTIC to get the 7 train out to NJ stopping at Hoboken, Union City, and Secaucus as part of this project.

If it were up to the Republicans, (Trump and Christie as so mentioned) we’d have NO mass transit funding and more gas guzzling SUVs, traffic jams and lower economic productivity. But, no matter, as long as their cash supporters, especially Big Oil prosper, and their pockets are lined, what’s to worry?

New York and New Jersey are one storm away from an economic disaster if the current tunnels are damaged in any significant way.

$16 Billion is what bush and Cheney wasted in Iraq every 45 days (The US was in Iraq for 8 1/2 years, total cost approximately $2.2 Trillion). Think of how many US repairs we could have achieved with that money?

The best time to maintain and upgrade rail infrastructure was 20 years ago, but the second best time is right now! It's nice to see these solutions start to take shape!

Think of how much more it will cost now, than if they had started building the tunnel in 2010

So the U.S. Federal tax payer gets soaked. As usual.

It’s amazing how China and Japan have awesome railway systems, then you come the USA and it’s a joke. Really sad.

PUH-SAY-IC The Northeast Corridor basically pays for the rest of the country's rail system. It's unconscionable to let it decay to this state.

The Gateway Construction Program is scores long overdue as the railroad is too old to exist, and the present tunnels need thorough renovation. That railroad is badly worn out. This presentation has been great.

As a Brit on a first ever visit to the States, we rode Amtrak from NYC Penn to Union DC and back a few weeks ago, we were surprised as to how poor the ride was in places, not as if we don't have our issues here in the UK, but we were left underwhelmed in general as to how infrastaructure in the States currently stands, I appreciate the argument over green issues is a heated one, and the divorce between America and the V8 engine looks like it could be a long and a very painful one, but you have a beautiful country that if it fell in love with the train again and public transport, would benefit enormously all round. Really hope these plans come together. We found Penn Station a bit of a maze to navigate especially on the return leg, that place really does need a rethink..

Being on the west coast this video was extremely helpful with understanding the Gateway Project. Very well done. Thank you.

I wish the Lehigh Valley got a Amtrak Station so people can go to and From New York or Philadelphia. Great way to eliminate the congestion on the 476 blue route section near I95

Lets get it done!

There's a business case for spending a cool 200bn dollars, if not more, (as much as necessary to get it done really), on getting an entirely new new high speed line built linking all the major city centres on the north-east corridor. This would not only have Acela beat flying from city centre to city centre, but more importantly, it will free up lots of capacity on the existing corridor for regional and local services which can increase in both frequency. and reliability. The demand is obviously there, you have the densest urban cores in the US, some excellent local and regional transit ferrying people to and from those city centres and thus the HSR station, and an absolutely massive population and gdp.

Very informative; never knew about the plans to update the other bridges between the Portal Bridge and Newark.

You forgot one of the most important things Metro north railroad would be able to operate their own rolling stock (which they currently pay NJT to drive their own trains which are WAY nicer lol) and would most likely invest in the port Jarvis line, i think the MTA needs to build another bridge or tunnel across the Hudson and allow service from Penn or GCT and there would also be a back up if the tunnel has to be closed

This is going to be a lot more massive and costly than the renovation of Shibuya station in Tokyo, which happened under similar circumstances. Shibuya is one of two entry points into the heart of the metropolis from neighboring Kanagawa prefecture (the other is Shinagawa), and there are like 6 or so lines going in, including the JR Yamanote loop and several Tokyo Metro subway routes. On top of it all is a multi-story department store.