An example: imagine a range of local interest groups wants to build a large $100 M zero emissions mixed-use mixed-income development in a city, involving several thousand apartments and a range of stores and services. This can be a group of citizens groups, property developers, circular ec...
Allentown-Philly is 50 miles as the crow flies, and Philly-NY is 80 miles, while Allentown-Manhattan is only 80, so for such an indirect route to make sense either the NEC must be able to reach more than 2.5x the max Raritan Valley Line speed, or the resurrected Allentown-Philly alignm...