Martin Robins
Martin Robins
connect deal expand great jersey middle plan rail
We still have a great deal to do. That's why New Jersey is so restless. We're only in the middle of a 40- to 50-year plan to connect and expand our commuter rail system.
billion closer federal funding government held perfect program projects satisfies threaten withhold
It's not perfect and should be closer to $2 billion, but the five-year program satisfies the federal government, which won't threaten to withhold $1.4 billion of federal transportation funding. Projects held up for years without funding will get done.
figure hard
It's going to be hard to figure out what to do.
crisis five lesson stable
The lesson is we need stable funding, so we won't have a crisis every five years.