The key speaker for this combined meeting will be David Peter Alan, Chair, Lackawanna Coalition.

The new Hudson River Passenger Rail Tunnels: Why Governor-elect Christie should drop the deep cavern station under 34th St. and call for an interconnected link to Moynihan/Penn Station"

With new leadership soon to be installed in Trenton, this is an excellent time to make the case for a more cost effective, environmentally more sustainable and decidedly more passenger-friendly plan to provide much-needed additional rail capacity.

To the extent that time allows we will also have brief progress reports on other regional rail initiatives.