During the 1980s and early 1990s, planners and government officials realized that alternative transportation systems needed to be put in place to relieve increasing congestion along the Hudson River] waterfront, particularly in the vicinity of the Hudson River crossings. Ī light rail system for this densely populated area had been on the drawing board for over 15 years. The Federal Transit Administration is contributing 41% of the $1.2 billion cost of extension projects through 2008. The project is being funded by a mixture of state and federal funds. With an eventual overall cost of approximately $2.2 billion, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail is one of the largest public works projects ever in New Jersey. The eventual length of the line, when complete, will be 20.6 miles (33.2 km). The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) is a light rail system, owned by New Jersey Transit and operated by the 21st Century Rail Corporation, that connects the communities of Bayonne, Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, Union City and North Bergen in New Jersey.ĭespite its name, it does not serve Bergen County. As with Metro Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA). The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The original article was at Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.

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