Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; December 30, 2017
“Non-existent”: This is the exact term the United States Department of Transportation used to describe any commitment the federal government has toward funding the ambitious, multi-billion-dollar Gateway Program, which would vastly improve passenger rail access to New York City, the nation’s busiest transportation hub.
Late on Friday, Dec. 29, the Trump Administration, in a letter from Federal Transit Administration Deputy Administrator K. Jane Williams to New York State Budget Director Robert F. Mujica, Jr. (who reports directly to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo), effectively declared Gateway dead.
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