Plan to extend No. 7 subway from NYC to New Jersey could be back on track [View all]

Traveling by subway from Secaucus to the Mets' Citi Field might resurface as a possibility.

A plan to extend the No. 7 New York City subway to New Jersey, presumed dead a year ago when the chairman of the New York MTA said it wouldn’t happen “in anybody’s lifetime,” could be revived.

A report commissioned by New York City, posted this morning on the city's Economic Development Corp. website, extols the benefits of the plan.

"The extension of the No. 7 Subway would result in the first trans-Hudson tunnel connection that would provide direct rail access from New Jersey, not only to the West Side of Manhattan, but also to the East Side and multiple locations in Queens," noted the report by the Parsons Brinckerhoff engineering firm. "It would provide needed capacity across the Hudson River and advance the broader goal of enhancing regional connectivity." .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/plan_to_extend_no_7_city_subwa.html