Tag: Newark Penn Station

Report from the Chair, Sept./Oct. 2023

September 22, 2023

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Sally Jane Gellert

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Railgram

A lot has been written about NJ Transit’s decision to sell its headquarters building and move to the expensive Gateway building, so there is no point in belaboring it here. If in fact it was a well-reasoned decision, then the board shot itself in the foot by not revealing more details and the justification. We…
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Concrete Blocks Replace Seats

September 26, 2013

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John Bobsin

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Customer Experience

NJT denies waging war on the indigent, but the railroad has replaced benches outside its Newark Penn Station entrance with unappetizing concrete blocks. NJT officials deny any discrimination in the $435,000 “improvement” project, which added greenery, “pedestrian upgrades”, flower beds, and improved lighting—but replaced comfortable benches seating 12 with plain concrete blocks, which seat 36—if…
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