We consider it unhelpful to reference a non-existent 'agreement' rather than directly address the responsibility for funding a local project where nine out of 10 passengers are local transit riders.

K. Jane Williams, deputy administrator for the Federal Transit Administration, in a letter informing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie that the Trump administration would not honor its predecessors' proposal for the federal government to help fund a multi-billion-dollar Amtrak tunnel connecting New Jersey to Penn Station, the busiest transit hub in the U.S.