Dan Stessel Quotations

The shelters will have push-button, on-demand heating. On cold winter days, customers will be able to push a button and heat will come on in the shelters. Two additional ticket vending machines will be installed. The main station building is also being redone with a larger waiting area, and will be open 24 hours.

I don't know how many 'No Smoking' signs we already had - a lot - but we put up 800 more throughout our system before the law went into effect.

There has not been anything systemic that we can point to or work to rectify in any meaningful way, which has been part of the challenge. I almost wish I could point to something.

By all means, they shouldn't be on the roadway. It's dangerous.

It's remarkable to see all this come together. We expect this to be one of the busiest stations in the system.

Some (drivers) have opted to switch to public transportation, and we're working to welcome them to the system.

No way. At this stage in the game, it's like asking, 'Why not a sky-tram?' It's not in a let's-dream-about-it phase. This is not a theoretical exercise. The Tunnel is actually going to happen.

This could not have happened at a more unfortunate time.

We greatly appreciate the support of New Jersey's congressional delegation, particularly Senators Lautenberg and Menendez, who were instrumental in delivering this funding.

Normally there is a diversion of 2 to 3 percent. Instead we saw an increase. We bucked the trend and swung to get 5 percent.