18th Street Light Rail Station?
Posted by: Hoboken411 at 01:41 pm on January 31, 2013
Would an 18th Street light rail stop benefit Hoboken?
There’s been chatter in Hoboken about a new NJ Light Rail stop being built eventually near 18th Street just to our north in neighboring Weehawken.
With all the “proposed” high-density development from the Rockefeller Group being discussed, one may argue that it’s a good idea – one, to encourage the use of mass transit, and give alternate means of transportation once the area is densely populated.
Others may argue that along with the density, comes the natural risk that “undesirables” will use the access point to perpetrate crimes in Hoboken (which has been proven ever since the 2nd Street and especially the 9th Street stations went into use.)
What do you think? More light rail stops? Will it help the Hoboken economy?
January 31st, 2013 |
Would love to see the numbers to bear out the implied link between heightened crime and the HBLR stations at 2nd and 9th. Living in the area since 2005, my purely anecdotal observations have been the opposite.
Adding a stop at 18th in Hoboken (a truly desolate area at night, starting to ‘wake up” with the addition of the Pilsner Haus) and at Jersey Ave. near 18th in JC, between Hoboken terminal and 2nd, would help solidify the neighborhood as a living destination, especially if HBLR restores the service cut backs that can make it faster to walk from HOB PATH to 9th after 9:30 at night and on weekends.
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January 31st, 2013 |
I think the 18th Street stop is a great idea. But I’d also love to see the HBLR expand rather than add stops. Extend out to Secaucus Junction, Harmon Meadow Plaza, the Meadowlands and the American Dreams mall. Go north into Edgewater and up to the GWB…… you know, actually have some stops in Bergen County
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January 31st, 2013 |
The property south of 18th Street north of the HBLR tracks is actually still Hoboken, not Weehawken between Willow and the Palisade cliffs.
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