The Institute for Rational Urban Mobility, Inc (IRUM) Opinion NY Daily News March 1 2022 A better route for the redesign of Penn Station Comments on Manhattan Central Business District Tolling Program September 23 2021 Opinion NY Daily News April 11 2021 Build down for a better Penn Theres no need for expansion just make Amtrakless station more efficient and connect to Grand Central Opinion NY Daily News February 21 2021A job for Engineer Pete How Secretary Buttigieg should fix the Hudson tunnel Opinion NY Daily News February 20 2021Defending AOC is defending NYC Letter to US Department of Transportation February 12 2021Letter regarding two IRUM initiatives Letter to NYC Department of Transportation February 11 2021Request your careful consideration and endorsement of a proposal that we began more than two decades agovision42 Letter to the Editor NY Daily News December 20 2020Lets Rethink our Infrastructure Comments on draft of scoping document for the preparation of an EIS for the proposed Empire Station Complex Project August 14 2020Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Empire Station Complex Project Letter to Governors Andrew Cuomo and Phil Murphy May 26 2020Stimulating the NYNJCT regions economy by advancing costeffective transport strategies Letter to the Editor New York Times March 6 2020Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day in NYC with a Carfree 42nd Street vision42 presentation to IRUM Working Group December 1 2019 Comments on proposed LaGuardia Airport Access Improvement Project Environmental Study June 13 2019 LAGURDIAEXPRESSRail Connection between LGA and Grand Central TerminalPenn Station June 5 2019Prepared by Alexander Garvin President and CEO Alex Garvin Associates Statement at City Council Hearing on the BQX Brooklyn Queens Connector May 30 2019 Letter to East Side Access review team April 29 2019 Statement at Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer Hearing onManhattan Congestion Pricing Plan March 21 2019 Letter to MTA regarding East Side Access February 8 2019IRUM urges the MTA to convene a panel of independent experts to consider the merits of changing course on the LIRR Deep Cavern project. Presentation to Mary Kay Murphy Director of Planning and Development Department at PANYNJ January 18 2019Regional Rail Should Be a Top Transportation Priority for the Port Authority of NY and NJ. Statement at MTA Fare Hearing November 27 2018IRUM urges MTA to halt proposed fare hikes for its bus subway and commuter rail lines. M.