Good news! ... or is it?!

"Congressmen secure funds to advance rail line study" - Examiner, 1/3/08:

The MOM line would extend passenger rail service from New York City, Newark and other urban areas of northern New Jersey into central New Jersey, according to state and local planners.

The final potential stop of the MOM line (heading north to south) would be Lakehurst, Ocean County, which is home to a U.S. Navy base, the Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station, the largest employer in Ocean County.

Lakehurst Navy base is situated adjacent to an Army base, Fort Dix, and an Air Force facility, McGuire Air Force Base, according to the press release.

The government can't do anything for the people without also doing something for itself?

At least the various bases are more or less consolidated but if you understand traffic patterns in NJ ... not too complicated: heavy northbound / eastbound in the morning, heavy southbound / westbound in the evening ... you see that commuter traffic to these bases runs counter to "rush".

Waste of money.