Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

  • Super Bowl Drumbeat Continues

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    John Bobsin

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    Days after thousands of riders waiting in long lines to ride trains to and from the Super Bowl, the media drumbeat about their experience continued, with NJ Transit officials on the defensive even as they proclaimed success in getting fans to and from the big game.  NJT’s estimates are that 28,000 riders traveled via train…

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  • Our Super Bowl Coverage Continues: Developments after Midnight

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    Donald Winship

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    From our vantage point at Secaucus Station, it appeared that the rail operation was going smoothly.  The rotunda was not jammed with people and, as trains from the stadium emptied their loads of fans at Secaucus, they were being directed appropriately to the proper platform and sent to their trains, mostly to Penn Station, New…

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  • Super Bowl post mortem – NJT Did Decently, Got Raw Deal

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    Donald Winship

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    THIS REPORT IS OUT OF DATE. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS HAVE REVEALED THAT THE SITUATION HAD CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THAT REPORT WAS ISSUED. UPDATED COVERAGE HERE. Last night’s game was a total disaster.  It was utterly awful.  I feel terribly sorry for the people who bought tickets to go to the game—but that’s primarily the fault of…

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  • Super Bowl Transit Had Problems: Media

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    John Bobsin

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    Although NJ Transit handled a record number of customers to Sunday’s Super  Bowl, most media reports focused on the problems fans encountered in getting to MetLife Stadium, and on leaving.  The railroad reported it handled about 28,000 riders each way, roughly a third of the total attendance at the event.  Its previous record of passengers…

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  • Super Bowl: Arrivals OK, Delays Leaving

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    John Bobsin

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    As the Super Bowl got underway, NJ Transit managed to transport a reported 28,000 riders to the stadium with only brief problems.  At the start of service, a large crowd of fans apparently tried to get on the first few trains, resulting in a back-up that took some time to clear.  One fan reported a…

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  • Opinion: Things I Hope Don’t Happen Tomorrow

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    Donald Winship

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    Tomorrow night is the night NJ Transit has been planning for for a long time—the first Mass Transit Super Bowl. Having watched the process over the past few weeks and months as the final plans solidified, I saw several areas that frankly scare me. What are they? Well, listed below are what I’m praying doesn’t…

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  • Winter Woes Ad Nausuem

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    Donald Winship

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    New York area transit operations have suffered through a difficult week. On the evening of Tuesday, January 28, an NJ Transit train inbound to New York got stuck in the tunnel, and it took hours to pull the train into Penn Station, where it arrived after 1 a.m. Fortunately, only 23 riders were aboard the…

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  • M-N, NJT Snarled on Successive Days

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    John Bobsin

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    Outbound New York commuters in the evening rush were seriously affected by problems on successive days.  First, on Thursday, January 23, Metro-North’s entire system ground to a halt for about 2 hours, starting at 7:45 p.m., according to reporting by Matt Flegenheimer and Emma G. Fitzsimmons in The New York Times (Jan. 24). The railroad’s…

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  • NJT to Extend MyBus Now to Port Authority Runs

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    John Bobsin

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    For bus travellers on NJ Transit to or from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, it has been difficult to determine just when that next bus will arrive.  However, NJT’s MyBus Now program will be extended in June to the Port Authority routes, completing a rollout that first began in South Jersey, and later added non-Port…

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  • NJT Web Site Disappoints During Storm

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    John Bobsin

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    As an “Alberta Clipper” snowstorm blanketed New Jersey on Tuesday, January 21, transit riders rushed to NJ Transit’s website to ascertain whether their trains were running—but for more than 3 hours in the middle of the storm, the website was largely unavailable, according to reporting in The Record newspaper by Karen Rouse (January 22).  At…

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