Sunday, January 11, 2009
Morrise & Essex vs Montclair-Booton
The # of trains into and out of NYC and Hoboken is uneven! If we look at the # of riders and the # of trains, there's an uneven distribution heavily advantageous to Hoboken! With more commuters going into and out of NY and less to Hoboken, there should be more trains at more oportune times going in and out of NY and not Hoboken!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Walnut Street Commuters
The train and its service are slow enough. The last thing riders going beyond Walnut Street need is any longer of a commute.
The majority of you sit in the back of the train whereby more than the average number of passengers who get off at a stop, attempt to get off the train using less doors. If you spread out and exited all parts of the train, the train would be able to pull away from the stop and allow you to cross over to the other side more quickly. Instead you all try to get out of the last car or last two cars which is much slower as everyone bottlenecks and you end up waiting longer for the train to move onto Watching Avenue.
You're doing yourselves and the riders continuing on a disservice by amassing at the end of the train. Please spread out and use all doors to exit.
The majority of you sit in the back of the train whereby more than the average number of passengers who get off at a stop, attempt to get off the train using less doors. If you spread out and exited all parts of the train, the train would be able to pull away from the stop and allow you to cross over to the other side more quickly. Instead you all try to get out of the last car or last two cars which is much slower as everyone bottlenecks and you end up waiting longer for the train to move onto Watching Avenue.
You're doing yourselves and the riders continuing on a disservice by amassing at the end of the train. Please spread out and use all doors to exit.
Penn Station
Grand Central has a Michael Jordan's Steakhouse. Penn Station has a Houllihan's with cochroaches (I've seen them). GC has the Oyster Bar. Penn Station has sushi take out. GC has high end shops. PS has K-Mart. Grand Central is inviting, full of culture, full of shops and restaurants. It is bustling with commuters and tourists. There's an ambiance to it with an air of familiarity and safety.
It's quite the opposite at Penn Station.
I don't even use the bathroom in the NJ Transit waiting area anymore at Penn station. I don't even use the waiting area since the attack on the woman sitting in there. For those who come in the main entrance on 7th ave know that as you approach the NJ Transit section of Penn Station, you're going to be met by an array of people who I won't describe other than saying they are not commuters.
It's so nice of the Port Authority police to allow these people to mass and stay warm in the winter months, sleeping in various corners throughout the station. I don't feel safe during rush hour let alone later on at night in there. I've worked late a few times and have taken the train home after 9 and Penn Station was crawling with questionable people.
To the NYPD and Port Authority police - please clean up Penn Station. It's almost less inviting than Port Authority these days.
It's quite the opposite at Penn Station.
I don't even use the bathroom in the NJ Transit waiting area anymore at Penn station. I don't even use the waiting area since the attack on the woman sitting in there. For those who come in the main entrance on 7th ave know that as you approach the NJ Transit section of Penn Station, you're going to be met by an array of people who I won't describe other than saying they are not commuters.
It's so nice of the Port Authority police to allow these people to mass and stay warm in the winter months, sleeping in various corners throughout the station. I don't feel safe during rush hour let alone later on at night in there. I've worked late a few times and have taken the train home after 9 and Penn Station was crawling with questionable people.
To the NYPD and Port Authority police - please clean up Penn Station. It's almost less inviting than Port Authority these days.
A Decade Later - What I Can't Hear You!
As we near the ten year mark on the attacks of the World Trade Towers and solemnly look back on the events of that day and the days surrounding, I remember taking the vow to "Never Forget".
While I don't believe NJ Transit is attempting to be unpatriotic, I do believe that they have forgotten one of the horrific driving elements to 9-11was the lack of good communication.
Ten years later and there are still a lot of train cars with poor speakers from the Public Address system. Have they "forgotten"?
To other commuters I implore you to please make note of the car number anytime you notice that you can't hear what's being said and e-mail in to this site or directly to NJ Transit. It only stands to hurt us, the riders. In the long run if we ignore the issues that NJ Transit seems to brush aside it iwll end up burning us.
Let' use this sight as a public record for what we know and find with our commute on NJ Transit. Maybe then, NJ Transit will take its commuter riders and their voices seriously!
While I don't believe NJ Transit is attempting to be unpatriotic, I do believe that they have forgotten one of the horrific driving elements to 9-11was the lack of good communication.
Ten years later and there are still a lot of train cars with poor speakers from the Public Address system. Have they "forgotten"?
To other commuters I implore you to please make note of the car number anytime you notice that you can't hear what's being said and e-mail in to this site or directly to NJ Transit. It only stands to hurt us, the riders. In the long run if we ignore the issues that NJ Transit seems to brush aside it iwll end up burning us.
Let' use this sight as a public record for what we know and find with our commute on NJ Transit. Maybe then, NJ Transit will take its commuter riders and their voices seriously!
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