3rd Quarter 2005
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Urban Metro
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Transit-Oriented Development-
A New Plan for the West Side
Station Restoration
Increasing Access from New Jersey
Improving Transit in Lower Manhattan
Improving Subway Ventilation
Connecting Boston
New Airport Links in Denver
Linking Seattle to the Rainier Valley
Upgrading the Buenos Aires' Metro
Investing in the "Marvelous City" of Rio
Building Mass Rapid Transit Links in Mumbai
Bangkok
The Sky Train and Underground Transit Network
China
Improving the Guangzhou and Shenzhen Metro

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Increasing Access from New Jersey

Each day, thousands of New Jersey residents commute to New York using public transit. Currently, NJ Transit is evaluating the development of a new tunnel under the Hudson River and the construction of a new rail yard in the Meadowlands. This plan will ease traffic delays at the Hudson River crossings, increase rail capacity and create thousands of new jobs in New Jersey and Manhattan.

To assess the impact of the construction and resulting economic growth on communities near the proposed rail yards, NJ Transit and TransitLink Consultants selected the Berger Group to prepare technical access studies. Berger specialists surveyed the area, evaluated the likely short- and long-term economic and environmental effects of the project and identified business and residential communities which would be displaced by construction. Berger analysts also assessed the ethnic and income characteristics of affected communities and developed several alternatives to mitigate the adverse impacts of new construction.