Dan Stessel
Dan Stessel
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We greatly appreciate the support of New Jersey's congressional delegation, particularly Senators Lautenberg and Menendez, who were instrumental in delivering this funding.
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Since there were two trains in one, they had to make double stops.
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Obviously there is concern about federal support to ensure they have the resources to keep the line in a state of good repair.
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Travel right now is treacherous in many areas of the state, and it looks like it will remain that way for some time.
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There have been some intermittent improvements over the years, but the station has, over time, experienced deterioration to its concrete passenger platform. We have conducted annual inspections that revealed water infiltration and the effect of salt corrosion.
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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.
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We build for the future. We wouldn't want it to be at its capacity at the end of the first or second or even fifth year.
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It's difficult to attribute that to a single factor; the high cost of gas would have something to do with it. More importantly is the additional service.
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It'll be a daily service and much more frequent.
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They could go higher, and that number could change. Obviously, this has the potential to become a problem.
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What could be a single relatively minor problem for one train can wind up affecting the entire morning service for all the trains behind it, because there's no way to work around it.
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There's no common thread to the delays. We understand the customers' reaction to the delays. We are working diligently to correct the problems.
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The purpose is to reduce the chance that somebody would be tempted to take an illegal or ill-advised shortcut across the railroad tracks.
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For residents of these densely populated communities, the light rail will provide unprecedented mobility and convenience. This is a huge day for Union City, West New York and North Bergen.