**NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NJ Transit Fixed Guideway Projects** 

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Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Page 1 **Control Measure:** Encourage the use of transit through the completion of significa nt fixed guideway/rail projects. **Description:** New Jersey Transit is in the process of completing a number of fixed guideway/rail projects, each having a significant impact on ridership and air quality. For the purposes of this investigation, five major projects were identified for analysis: 1) The Hudson

- Bergen LRT (HBLRT) “MOS

- II” extension

This project is an extension of the existing HBLRT system to We ehawken/Port Imperial and Tonnelle Avenue 2) Pascack Valley Line Sidings

The addition of new sidings on the Pascack Valley line will allow for more off

- peak and weekend service and shorter service headways 3) Newark

- Elizabeth Rail Link (NERL) Phase 1

The first phase of a new LRT line connecting Newark Penn Station to the City of Elizabeth 4) Broad Street Newark Station Platform Project

The rehabilitation of the existing station platforms and the addition of a new platform serving the third active track 5) Meadowlands Sports Complex Spur

The building of a spur line and station to serve the Meadowlands sports complex and the subsequent development scheduled for the site **Methodology :**  A ll projects in this analysis have previously been studied by NJ Transit and the traffic (VMT/VT) impacts alre ady calculated

. A summary of the transportation impacts of each project are provided in Table s 1 a, b and c , and the total overall impact shown in table 1d

. The se VT and VMT impacts were used as inputs into the “emissions only” analysis in the NJ

-AQONE software in order to calculate the air quality benefits for each project. A summary of the Air Quality analysis is provided below:**NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NJ Transit Fixed Guideway Projects** 

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Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Page 2 **Results: Statewide**  **Summer Day /A**  **nnual Benefits**  Total VT Reduced = **20, 319**  trips/day Statewide Total VMT Reduced = **239,373** mil es/day Statewide **Emission Reductions (Statewide) :** 

**Pollutant Ty**  **pe An**  **aly sis Year 20**  **09**

Tons/Day T ons/Year **VOC** 0.12

- **NOx** 0.12 30.29 **PM2.5**

- 0.94 **SO 2**  - 0.57

**Ozone A naly** **sis**
**– Daily**  **Benefits in New Jersey** 

**Benefits (Reductions)**  **Ozone Non**  **- At** **tainment Ar** **ea**

**New York -**  **N. New Jersey**  **- Long Island,**  **NY -**  **NJ -**  **CT Philadelphia**  ****

**Wilmin gton**  **- Atlantic City**  **PA -**  **NJ -**  **MD -**  **DE VT**  20,528 16 **VMT** 219,502 2,248 **VOC (Tons/Day )**  0.12 0.0009 **NOx (Tons/Day** **)** 0.12 0.0011
**PM2.5 A naly** **sis**
**– An**  **nual Benefits in New Jersey** 

**Benefits (Reduct**  **ions) PM**  **2.5 Non**  **- At** **tainment A rea** 

**New York -**  **N. New Jersey**  **- Long Island,**  **NY -**  **NJ -**  **CT Philadelphia**  **** **Wilmin gton**  **PA -**  **NJ -**  **DE VT**  5,117,000 2,000 **VMT** 54,167,000 284,500 **NOx (Tons/Year)** 30.15 0.1400 **PM2.5 (Tons/Year)** 0.94 0.0036 **SO 2**  **(Tons/Year)** 0.57 0.0021**NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NJ Transit Fixed Guideway Projects** 

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Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Page 3 **Cost/Be nefit A**  **naly sis**  Total Capital costs were provided directly by NJ Transit or from values listed in the NJTPA Transportation Improvement Plan : HBLRT MOS

- II: $1.1 Billion Pascack Valley Sidings: $25 Million NERL Phase 1: $210 Million Broad Street Platforms: $72.8 Million Meadowlands Spur: $350 Million **Total: $1.76 Billion**  Over a 30 year lifespan, the annual capital costs of these projects would be **$58,593,333/ Year**  Unfortunately, operating costs for these projects were unavailable and are not included in the cost/benefit analysis. W ere these cost s to be included , the cost per ton would be significantly higher that reported what is reported here. **Cost/Benefit Results**

**Pollutant Cost/Benefit for Each Pollutant**  **Ozone** ***** **PM 2.5 NY**  **- NJ**  **- CT**  **PA -**  **NJ -**  **DE**  

** MD** **NY -**  **NJ -**  **CT P**  **A -**  **NJ -**  **DE** VOC ($/Ton/Day) $1,953,111 NA**

- - NOx ($/Ton/Day) $1,953,111 NA**

- - NOx ($/Ton/Year)

- - $1,943,394 NA** PM2.5 ($/Ton/Year)

- - $62,333,333 NA** SO2 ($/Ton/Year)

- - $102,795,321 NA** *Daily Costs used in calculation of cost/benefit ratio are A nnual costs divided by 250 ** No projects are actually being built in the southern non

- attainment areas and the benefits to these regions minor; therefore no cost/benefit ratio was calculated