By Jack Sheppard
(written in 2005)
Almost ten years ago in the fall of 1996 New Jersey Transit performed a \”Major Investment Study\” (MIS) in our region. Its stated purpose was to determine the feasibility and desirability of constructing light-rail mass-transit facilities from Trenton to Glassboro through Camden. The intent was to use the old existing rail bed built in the 1800’s. The estimated price tag for the system was $1.4 billion.
However even prior to the MIS study the idea of reintroducing rail passenger service to the tri-county area was not new, having been proposed many times by the Delaware River Port Authority starting as far back as 1936.
The 1975 DRPA study entitled \”Mass Transportation Development Program of the Delaware River Port Authority\” was extremely comprehensive consisting of six documents covering the topics Transportation and Regional Planning, Engineering Investigations, Design Guidelines, Transportation System Design and Guidelines, Economic Evaluation of Transportation Improvements, and Recommended Transportation Development and Financial Plan for Implementation.
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