Riverside; it has been 21 years, as of spring 2015, since Metrolink last expanded service. The line to Perris uses a section of Southern Pacific track that served freight as well as passengers. Due to the line being 24 miles long, the project is estimated to cost $248 million. Planning and a lawsuit had delayed the start of the project until 2013. However, in the end, the extension to Perris will help bring passengers to the Orange Empire Rail- way Museum at Perris.
AirTrain Monorail to be Replaced In the spring of 2015, the Port Authority
of New York & New Jersey began the process of replacing the AirTrain Monorail at Newark Liberty Airport. The AirTrain is 19 years into its 25-year estimated lifespan; however, cost may be a problem, with an estimated $1 bil- lion price tag. This project is one of two major projects not included in the $27.6 billion cap- ital plan adopted in 2014, along with the Port Authority’s bus terminal in Manhattan. The AirTrain was put into service in 1996,
at a cost of $354 million, and was expanded to the Northeast Corridor in 2001 to tie into New Jersey Transit’s heavy rail for an addi- tional $415 million. The estimate for AirTrain replacement is at least $1 billion. Several of the Port Authority commissioners have sug- gested that management find a less expen- sive option for both the AirTrain and the bus terminal in Manhattan. This will go on for a while as money is obtained to pay for the projects.
Good Maps
David Harris was kind enough to send me several transit maps, one of them being the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s map of Delaware County and as- sociated Philadelphia suburbs. This was of particular interest to me because it was a map of where I grew up. Philadelphia has had ex- cellent transit maps for many years and in the early 1940s, my own bedroom wall sported one of the1942 Philadelphia Transportation Com- pany maps. Streetcar lines and trolley bus lines were shown in blue, and streetcar turn- outs and passing sidings were also included. Transit maps are critically important in
helping the public use the service. New York City’s maps for rapid transit, bus, and rail commuter service are outstanding, and New Jersey Transit has good maps as a part of timetables. I have seen some maps that de- fine the most intricate of information while some simply use a different color for each bus route. However, it doesn’t take long to run out of really different colors. Please take a look at your local transit
maps and see if they meet expectations. Con- structive criticism may help your local trans- portation authority improve its service.
Remembering the WB&A The General’s Highway was the very busy
road between Philadelphia and Annapolis, Md., that dated back to colonial times. The creation and rise of Washington, D.C., as the U.S. capital clearly pointed to economic pos- sibilities for Annapolis, the nearby capital of Maryland. However, the lack of a direct con- nection between the two cities meant this po- tential remained untapped. In 1838, politicians and businessmen
from Annapolis joined forces to build a rail- road that paralleled the General’s Highway.
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