Last night, Albany (!) agreed on a deal to fund the MTA's capital program, which includes little projects like the Second Avenue Subway, the 7 line extension, the Eastside Access project to bring the LIRR to Grand Central Terminal, and the Fulton Street Transit Center. more ›

Left for dead not months ago, the proposed trans-Hudson ARC tunnel is all the rage these days. Last week came word that NYC was dropping a quarter-million bucks to investigate further the idea of extending the 7 line to Secaucus and today the two senators from Jersey are breaking with Governor Christie and announcing another proposal to get more rails running from Jersey into the Empire State. more ›

Remember the hot minute when it looked like the derailed ARC tunnel project connecting Jersey and the city was going to be replaced by a 7 train extension? The dream isn't dead yet! The Daily News is reporting that the city has given a quarter-million dollar no-bid contract to an engineering firm to look at the idea. And the decision if this is a good idea or not should come in "a matter of months, not years," according to Deputy Mayor Robert Steel. more ›

There was a lot of excitement yesterday when news broke that the Bloomberg administration is floating an idea to extend the 7 line all the way to Secaucus. Perhaps none were more excited than Steve Lanset—who created a website five years ago calling for just such an extension. (That's his design you see here.) "We were not greeted with open arms and great enthusiasm over this idea," Lanset tells the Times, while his collaborator, Ralph Braskett, says, "I received abuse from N.J. Transit, I received abuse from the rail nuts. They’d tell me I’m crazy." Well, he may not be mad, but the MTA and other officials seem to think the idea is a little loco. more ›