Comments for NJ-ARP Blog http://www.nj-arp.org/blog News and opinion on NJ rail advocacy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:27:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on NJT More Unprepared Than Ever for Shore Trips by Sciencehome » Blog Archive » njt http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2008/05/njt-more-unprepared-than-ever-for-shore-trips/#comment-636 Sciencehome » Blog Archive » njt Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:12:06 +0000 http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/?p=310#comment-636 [...] NJT More Unprepared Than Ever for Shore TripsPoll: 6 in 10 New Jerseyans planning Shore trip http://www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/STATE/80525010. This year, for the first time in my memory, ALL summer weekend service south of Long Branch will be … [...] […] NJT More Unprepared Than Ever for Shore TripsPoll: 6 in 10 New Jerseyans planning Shore trip http://www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/STATE/80525010. This year, for the first time in my memory, ALL summer weekend service south of Long Branch will be … […]

]]> Comment on NJT More Unprepared Than Ever for Shore Trips by Joe Versaggi http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2008/05/njt-more-unprepared-than-ever-for-shore-trips/#comment-633 Joe Versaggi Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:06:46 +0000 http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/?p=310#comment-633 More service cuts will occur on August 3 on the RVL, M&E, and NJCL. RVL ones will mean bi-hourly service on Sunday mornings, basically a throwback to 10 years ago. More trains on the other 2 lines will be combined. I think their ulterior motive is to cut service in Republican legislative districts of non-Manhattan trains so as to goose up the percentage of passengers of total that do go to Manhattan to make a case of the THE Tunnel boondoggle. NJT has no interest in any rail ridership other than traditional Manhattan-oriented travelers. I am not willing to subsidize Metro West Commuter Railroad. They have sliced up cuts over several months so as not to trigger legal requirement for public hearings, and think we are too stupid and politically impotent to see that. It is still unethical and will protest to my legislators. Unlike MTA and SEPTA, you cannot buy anything but Monthly tickets on-line. Therefore the trains are overstaffed with ticket collectors. NJT will soon be hated as much as the old DMV. They were dismantled and turned into MVC. The same should happen to our costly, failed Soviet-style business model called NJT. More service cuts will occur on August 3 on the RVL, M&E, and NJCL. RVL ones will mean bi-hourly service on Sunday mornings, basically a throwback to 10 years ago. More trains on the other 2 lines will be combined.

I think their ulterior motive is to cut service in Republican legislative districts of non-Manhattan trains so as to goose up the percentage of passengers of total that do go to Manhattan to make a case of the THE Tunnel boondoggle. NJT has no interest in any rail ridership other than traditional Manhattan-oriented travelers.

I am not willing to subsidize Metro West Commuter Railroad. They have sliced up cuts over several months so as not to trigger legal requirement for public hearings, and think we are too stupid and politically impotent to see that. It is still unethical and will protest to my legislators.

Unlike MTA and SEPTA, you cannot buy anything but Monthly tickets on-line. Therefore the trains are overstaffed with ticket collectors. NJT will soon be hated as much as the old DMV. They were dismantled and turned into MVC. The same should happen to our costly, failed Soviet-style business model called NJT.

]]> Comment on NJT More Unprepared Than Ever for Shore Trips by Clark Morris http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2008/05/njt-more-unprepared-than-ever-for-shore-trips/#comment-632 Clark Morris Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:40:09 +0000 http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/?p=310#comment-632 The situation may be at the direction of DOT. One commentator on a light rail group believed that Corzine was frustrated at not getting the toll changes he wanted and is taking it out on those he believes are in opposition. Since I want New Jersey Transit to be a transit operation and I believe that hourly express service to the shore might break even, the currentr trend is counterproductive. The situation may be at the direction of DOT. One commentator on a light rail group believed that Corzine was frustrated at not getting the toll changes he wanted and is taking it out on those he believes are in opposition. Since I want New Jersey Transit to be a transit operation and I believe that hourly express service to the shore might break even, the currentr trend is counterproductive.

]]> Comment on Operating Difficulties by stuw6 http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2008/06/operating-difficulties/#comment-631 stuw6 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:05:31 +0000 http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/?p=311#comment-631 What's really pathetic is that Mr. Difficulties will retire with a pension that rarely exists in the private sector and collects a wage that is compatible. What’s really pathetic is that Mr. Difficulties will retire with a pension that rarely exists in the private sector and collects a wage that is compatible.

]]> Comment on M&E Service Cuts: NJT’s Lame Excuses by coffeelen http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2008/05/me-service-cuts-njts-lame-excuses/#comment-629 coffeelen Sun, 25 May 2008 23:07:49 +0000 http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/?p=306#comment-629 Right on, Rock_nj. NJ Transit needs to realize that, yes, people do travel between NEW JERSEY towns and not everyone is bound for New York. One of our members in Mt. Tabor is mobilizing his area to hit NJT hard on their Hoboken service cut-back. A lot of the towns along the M&E are waking up to the fact that NJT is skirting the law by changing schedules so that they fall just ONE minute beneath the requirement where a cut-back needs a public hearing. As Judge Judy says: "OUTRAGEOUS". Right on, Rock_nj. NJ Transit needs to realize that, yes, people do travel between NEW JERSEY towns and not everyone is bound for New York. One of our members in Mt. Tabor is mobilizing his area to hit NJT hard on their Hoboken service cut-back. A lot of the towns along the M&E are waking up to the fact that NJT is skirting the law by changing schedules so that they fall just ONE minute beneath the requirement where a cut-back needs a public hearing. As Judge Judy says: “OUTRAGEOUS”.

]]> Comment on M&E Service Cuts: NJT’s Lame Excuses by Rock_nj http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2008/05/me-service-cuts-njts-lame-excuses/#comment-628 Rock_nj Tue, 20 May 2008 01:43:33 +0000 http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/?p=306#comment-628 At a time like this with energy prices rising, NJ Transit should be considering re-opening the inner stations on the M&E in East Orange and Newark and running more local service to serve them. I do not understand why M&E stations like Ampere and Roseville do not have local service. It seems as if the State and NJ Transit have just given up on these inner city areas, or did so a long time ago. If they want to revitalize these depressed areas train service would be a good thing to add. Suddenly value conscious commuters might start looking in these blighted areas for quick access to NYC. In any case, what is the rationale for not serving historic local stations in East Orange and Newark? It can't be because they already have enough stations. How many stations does Montclair have? 5 or 6. East Orange and Newark have more people who live without cars, and need NJ Transit to get around. Seems unfair. At a time like this with energy prices rising, NJ Transit should be considering re-opening the inner stations on the M&E in East Orange and Newark and running more local service to serve them. I do not understand why M&E stations like Ampere and Roseville do not have local service. It seems as if the State and NJ Transit have just given up on these inner city areas, or did so a long time ago. If they want to revitalize these depressed areas train service would be a good thing to add. Suddenly value conscious commuters might start looking in these blighted areas for quick access to NYC. In any case, what is the rationale for not serving historic local stations in East Orange and Newark? It can’t be because they already have enough stations. How many stations does Montclair have? 5 or 6. East Orange and Newark have more people who live without cars, and need NJ Transit to get around. Seems unfair.

]]> Comment on Raritan Line also being cut on weekends by Eine Kleine Multi-level http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2008/04/raritan-line-also-being-cut-on-weekends/#comment-627 Eine Kleine Multi-level Mon, 19 May 2008 07:03:35 +0000 http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/?p=303#comment-627 Ah, but how much was spent on the Aldene Plan back in the 60s? Elevating the Lehigh Valley RR in and of itself seems rather exorbitant, in retrospect, and since there's enough room on the ROW reservation to add a third track (it would take using a lot of fill, but the property is already in the possession of the railroad), there would be those tempted to ask "why not"? And why would it cost $1 billion? I'd like to see what that $90 million per mile estimate would include. Shinkansens, LGVs and NBS corridors have been built for far, far lower cost and with far greater complexity. Ah, but how much was spent on the Aldene Plan back in the 60s? Elevating the Lehigh Valley RR in and of itself seems rather exorbitant, in retrospect, and since there’s enough room on the ROW reservation to add a third track (it would take using a lot of fill, but the property is already in the possession of the railroad), there would be those tempted to ask “why not”?

And why would it cost $1 billion? I’d like to see what that $90 million per mile estimate would include. Shinkansens, LGVs and NBS corridors have been built for far, far lower cost and with far greater complexity.

]]> Comment on M&E Service Cuts: NJT’s Lame Excuses by coffeelen http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2008/05/me-service-cuts-njts-lame-excuses/#comment-626 coffeelen Mon, 19 May 2008 01:04:12 +0000 http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/?p=306#comment-626 It is disgraceful. At a time when gasoline will very soon approach $5 per gallon, the state's Transit Agency should be INCREASING service, not truncating it. NJ Transit has to somehow let go of the notion that "everyone" goes to New York. There are ways to run frequent shuttles and local trains so people can get from point A to point B within NEW JERSEY. The cutback on service on the M&E is staggering stupidity. It is disgraceful. At a time when gasoline will very soon approach $5 per gallon, the state’s Transit Agency should be INCREASING service, not truncating it. NJ Transit has to somehow let go of the notion that “everyone” goes to New York. There are ways to run frequent shuttles and local trains so people can get from point A to point B within NEW JERSEY. The cutback on service on the M&E is staggering stupidity.

]]> Comment on M&E Service Cuts: NJT’s Lame Excuses by Eine Kleine Multi-level http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2008/05/me-service-cuts-njts-lame-excuses/#comment-625 Eine Kleine Multi-level Fri, 16 May 2008 20:55:58 +0000 http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/?p=306#comment-625 What are they basing the supposed 30 percent reduction of riders bound for Hoboken on? It's funny how we are supposed to take the word of the spokesman for granted (who used to be an Amtrak mouthpiece to boot, and had to read in public the equivocation for that entity) without seeing what data the numbers are based on, and consequently what influenced what. Personally, I saw nothing but trouble ahead once I read statements by both Sarles and Kolluri when Sarles' tenure as ED of NJT began. It's not so much NJT being bureaucratic as Sarles and Kolluri being totalitarian and trying to buck reality. What are they basing the supposed 30 percent reduction of riders bound for Hoboken on? It’s funny how we are supposed to take the word of the spokesman for granted (who used to be an Amtrak mouthpiece to boot, and had to read in public the equivocation for that entity) without seeing what data the numbers are based on, and consequently what influenced what.

Personally, I saw nothing but trouble ahead once I read statements by both Sarles and Kolluri when Sarles’ tenure as ED of NJT began. It’s not so much NJT being bureaucratic as Sarles and Kolluri being totalitarian and trying to buck reality.

]]> Comment on M&E Service Cuts: NJT’s Lame Excuses by specious http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2008/05/me-service-cuts-njts-lame-excuses/#comment-624 specious Fri, 16 May 2008 20:35:05 +0000 http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/?p=306#comment-624 [...] in New York ridership to 36,150, 30% reduction to Hoboken, and assuming the rest was constant, thehttp://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2008/05/me-service-cuts-njts-lame-excuses/Misinterpreting 'public benefits' The News & ObserverPoorly drafted law can give spineless [...] […] in New York ridership to 36,150, 30% reduction to Hoboken, and assuming the rest was constant, thehttp://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2008/05/me-service-cuts-njts-lame-excuses/Misinterpreting ‘public benefits’ The News & ObserverPoorly drafted law can give spineless […]

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