The document discusses Amtrak's proposed Gateway Tunnel project to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York. It will discuss whether the project is actually going to happen given its massive cost and complexity. If completed, the new tunnel would help address the urgent need to improve rail infrastructure between the two states and support further transit-oriented redevelopment around stations.

1. IS AMTRAK’S GATEWAY TUNNEL
REALLY HAPPENING?
WHAT IT MEANS FOR REDEVELOPMENT
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2. The Region’s Transit Infrastructure

3. Density

4. Change of travel patterns and other behaviors

5. Transit
ridership is
booming
Total Transit Trips, 1970-2013*
*Includes NYCT subway, bus, Metro North and LIRR

6. New York
City is
generating
9 out of
every 10
new jobs in
the region

7. Access to the Region’s Core

16. Hudson River Tunnels:
Crisis Scenario

19. IS AMTRAK’S GATEWAY TUNNEL
REALLY HAPPENING?
WHAT IT MEANS FOR
REDEVELOPMENT
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