Rockland’s County Executive is asking the governor to consider the county’s lack of public transit options after she proposed improvements earlier this week for trains on the east side of the Hudson, and a comprehensive study for west-of-Hudson commuters. Ed Day sent a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul to see what can be done to help riders on the Pascack Valley line, where the options are already limited…
Earlier this week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said her 2025 budget proposal would include a major investment in Hudson Valley rail service on the Metro-North Hudson Line that would increase capacity, reduce delays, improve safety, add infrastructure capital improvements between the city and Poughkeepsie, and more. For west-of-Hudson commuters, Hochul suggested New York would conduct a transit analysis to perhaps expand rail service and look at opportunities for other types of transit in Orange County, including shuttle bus services for the Port Jervis Line trains to and from Woodbury Commons, Legoland, Storm King, and Stewart Airport.