Too Many Cars? Maybe. Too Many Kids? NEVER!

We should challenge the morally bankrupt arguments of those who appeal to supposed overpopulation as the culprit in alleged climate change and overcrowding. How often these arguments seem to be posed by those with an abundance of material affluence! While we may well have too many cars, we can NEVER have too many children!

There are various local rail tranportation projects at different stages of the thought process, which merit very careful consideration by our elected officials.

Bucks County

• Cross County Metro: Capitalizing on existing freight lines, the Cross County Metro would connect Trenton/Morrisville to Thorndale in Chester County, allowing connections with other SEPTA lines along the way (eg., Doylestown, Norristown) - without going into Center City (i.e., It would largely parallel the Pennsylvania Turnpike.). Intermodal connections would allow for easy commutes to such 21st century employment centers as Fort Washington, Valley Forge/King of Prussia, and Malvern.


• Newtown Line service restoration to Center City


• Quakertown service restoration to Center City

Lehigh County, Northampton County, & the Poconos

• Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton: There is a proposal to extend New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line, which would allow service between Allentown/Bethlem/Easton & NYC


• The "Lackawana Cutoff" would restore service between NYC & Scranton

With service restored to Quakertown, further extension to Allentown and Scranton would allow direct service to NYC & the Poconos.

New Jersey

• West Trenton service restoration to NYC: This would allow for greater direct service options to NYC.
  

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