A visit to the LIRR’s main concourse at NYP reveals that the LIRR’s only restrooms, and the dingy waiting room between them, have… Continue Reading Less Is More?
In addition to my role as Lackawanna Coalition chairperson, I am a member of SCDRTAC, the Senior Citizens and Disabled Residents Transportation Advisory… Continue Reading Report from the Chair: Sept./Oct. 2022
Opinion Does it seem like almost every other day that there is a delay on trains to New York? Based on data from NJ… Continue Reading A Hoboken Cure for the Midtown Woes
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in his State of the State address on January 8, included a proposal for Metro-North service from the… Continue Reading Cuomo Backs Hell Gate Transit Plan
Nearly 6 months after NJ Transit’s 7th Avenue Concourse restrooms at New York Penn Station embarrassed the railroad when their decrepit conditions were… Continue Reading NY Restrooms Closed for Renovation
Fixing Penn Station in New York first requires cooperation among the 3 railroads that use it: Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, and the Long… Continue Reading Fixing the Penn Station Mess
One problem faced by NJT rail riders is finding clean restrooms before, during, and after their journeys. Few stations have toilet facilities at… Continue Reading NJT Restroom Stinks, Riders Say
New Jersey Transit’s ALP-45DP dual-power locomotives ran into Penn Station for the first time last weekend. Because of maintenance on the wires that… Continue Reading Dual-Power Locomotives Run into Penn Station
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced the imminent start of the first phase of the expansion of Penn… Continue Reading Penn Station Expansion to Begin
The Amtrak plan would build new rail tunnels into the existing Penn Station, with new tracks to be built between 30th and 31st… Continue Reading Lackawanna Coalition Gives Mixed Review to Amtrak “Gateway” Plan
