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Tag: Superstorm Sandy

  • NJT Management Shakeup Rumored

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    John Bobsin

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    A week after NJ Transit Executive Director Jim Weinstein retired and was replaced by Veronique Hakim, rumors circulated about a “clean sweep” that would further shake up the agency’s  top management.  According to reporting by Mike Frassinelli in the Star-Ledger (March 5), the directors of NJT’s rail and bus operations are also about to be…

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  • Weekend PATH World Trade Service to Be Suspended

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    John Bobsin

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    Weekend service on the PATH transit system to World Trade Center and Exchange Place, Jersey City, will be suspended entirely for most weekends in 2014, starting February 14.  The suspensions will begin around midnight Friday night; service will resume at approximately 4:45 a.m. on Mondays.  Additional trains will run on the 33rd St.—Journal Square (via…

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  • New Brunswick Storage Yard Advances

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    John Bobsin

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    NJ Transit, in efforts to avoid equipment damage such as occurred with Hurricane Sandy, on January 8th approved engineering contracts for its plan to build and expand storage yards in the New Brunswick area, according to reporting by Mike Frassinelli in the Star-Ledger (January 9).  The Sandy disaster unfolded after NJT stored equipment in yards…

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  • Hoboken Terminal Coming Back, One Piece at a Time

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    David Peter Alan

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    Hoboken Terminal is slowly coming back, following mold contamination due to severe flooding damage from Hurricane Sandy more than one year ago.  The waiting room, with its historic benches, reopened on November 18th.  Now, the ticket office and some of the eateries in the station have reopened, as well.  Some of the stores are still…

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  • Hoboken Waiting Room Reopens

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    John Bobsin

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    NJ Transit has reopened the historic waiting room at Hoboken Terminal; a visit on Monday, November 19 at 5 p.m. confirmed that the terminal has reopened.  The most recent reporting on the subject, just a few days ago, forecast the reopening before winter weather sets in; apparently, NJT has been able to beat those predictions. …

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  • Christie’s Sandy Remarks Questioned

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    John Bobsin

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    NJT’s massive loss in Hurricane Sandy was caused by a bad decision by a low-level official, not by reliance on poor storm forecasts.  So said NJ Gov. Chris Christie, as reported by Karen Rouse in The Record newspaper (Oct. 3), after Christie met with The Record’s board that day.  The low-level employee “ditched” a plan…

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  • NJT to Sandbag Critical Facilities

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    John Bobsin

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    Exploring yet another technology to protect its Meadows Maintenance Facility rail yards in Kearny from possible flooding, NJ Transit has announced its latest effort: sandbags.  Not just any sandbags, these will be pentagon-shaped bags called “TrapBags,” sloped on angles to form a 6-foot-high protective dam around critical electrical facilities, according to reporting by Mike Frassinelli in…

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  • Reports: NJT Didn’t Follow Its Own Storm Plan during Sandy

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    Donald Winship

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    Following the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey Transit has put more emphasis on flood-proofing its storage yards.  However, investigative reporting by WNYC and Karen Rouse of the Bergen County Record shows that the agency already had a plan in place to move equipment to higher ground in the event of such a storm,…

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  • Media Questions NJT Sandy Response Anew

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    John Bobsin

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    A month-long investigation by New York public radio station WNYC, New Jersey Public Radio, and The (Bergen) Record newspaper has resulted in extensive reporting questioning NJ Transit’s response to Hurricane Sandy, which struck the region on October 29, 2012.  The report contrasts the extensive damage suffered by NJT in comparison with the generally minor damage…

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  • NJT Says 97% of Hoboken Trains Will Be Running by March 24

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    David Peter Alan

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    New Jersey Transit says that 97% of the level of service to and from Hoboken Terminal that ran before Hurricane Sandy flooded the facility last fall will be running by March 24th.  Timetables effective March 24 can now be downloaded from the NJT web site.  The same document from NJT also said that the rest…

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