June Transportation Report: Summer Escape Has Fine Print 🚆🌊🍹

A summer sendoff from the BOMA transportation desk

We all earned a summer vacation. With strong drinks and a New Wave soundtrack! 

First about the report (album) covers!  We’re so grateful to the teams who run our BOMA chapters, with thought it was time to feature the leadership’s smiling faces on our report covers.

Thanks To Sharon, Bridget, Ed, Carolina, + Lori and team for all they do in NYC.  Thanks also to Connie, Tina, George, Amanda + Heather and the Alta team for fantastic NJ experiences.  To quote Fast Times At Ridgemont High’s Jeff Spicoli, “All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I’m fine.”  We’re stoked and think you deserve time on the water and new wardrobes, and a bitchin’ soundtrack playing in the background for a Rad Summer.

The rest of us deserve a real break too! Sunshine. The beach. Waves. Tropical drinks. Great music. Maybe even a few days when nobody has to ask whether the train is delayed, the tunnel is open, the flight is on time, or the parking lot is sold out.

But this year, as the June 2026 BOMA Transportation Report makes clear, escape has fine print.  The latest report is now available in two versions:

Read the BOMA-NYJune 2026 Transportation Report here.   And/or read the BOMA New Jersey June 2026 Transportation Report.

The report itself is all business. This month covers World Cup transportation planning at MetLife Stadium, Penn Station redevelopment, NJ Transit and Amtrak reliability, Gateway, fuel costs, Newark Airport, ferries, streets, stormwater, and the small print that keeps getting in the way of summer escape.

The main feature is Penn Station.

Even Penn Station is trying to escape being Penn Station.

The proposed rebuild promises more light, space, circulation, and dignity. But the harder questions remain: who pays, who controls it, how Gateway fits in, and whether Penn can become more resilient instead of simply better looking.

Late May made the stakes clear. Separate NJ Transit and Amtrak incidents disrupted service and reminded everyone that Penn is not just crowded. It is brittle.

The issue also includes local New York and New Jersey escapes, from subway music and parks to Shore trips, pizza, diners, and one final drink with Indiana Jones.

Transportation is never just about movement. It is about access, cost, reliability, real estate, public space, and whether people can actually get where they are trying to go.

Read the June 2026 Summer Escape Issue!

Read the BOMA-NYJune 2026 Transportation Report here.   

Read the BOMA-NJ June 2026 Transportation Report here.

Hope you get to make your great escape and celebrate summer your way. 🌞