On August 10, 2017, The Gateway Program Development Corporation (GDC) published a request for information (RFI) regarding Phase 1B. The Gateway Program (GP) objetive is to increase the capacity and service level of the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The GDC is integrated by the National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), the New Jersey Transit Corpoartion (NJ Transit) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.