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Originally Posted by BigCity76
NJT is BY far the best STATEWIDE transit system in the country. There's really none that come close.
However there are specific parts of the NJT rail footprint that are really bad. Mainly the Hudson river crossings. Thankfully the Hudson Tunnel project broke ground and once that is completed it will have a major positive impact on rail traffic up and down the entire Northeast corridor (busiest in the USA). Related to this is the replacement of the 100+ year old Portal Bridge that lies very low in the swamps of Northern NJ not far outside NYC.
It's not uncommon at all to have NJT rail commuters stuck at Penn Station in Midtown and waiting to get home for hours and sometimes days due to issues at the aforementioned locations.
So yeah NJT gets a really bad rap for these aspects and they should as it's probably the busiest commuter bottleneck in the country on a fairly regular basis.
And obviously the NY media covers it extensively and regularly so it gets even more blown out of proportion.
That said, the expansiveness and network of NJT rail is unmatched anywhere in the US. It literally spans the entire state.
NJT buses are like a military fleet. The Port Authority bus terminal on 42nd St on the West Side is home base for NJT buses. They fly in and out of there all day en masse to all corners of the state.
So the breadth and depth of NJT is impressive all while they still have some major performance/on-time issues for rail and a few other annoying things.
But yeah, NJT caters to so many small towns and larger cities it's incredible. The entire state of NJ is like a street car, railroad suburb.
It has a lot of pros and some very big cons that's why it gets the flack it does. The potential is there for it to easily be transformed into world class.
I can't believe I'm saying this lol but it is true.
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Im particularly worried about the $900 mil shortfall and congestion pricing effects on the state.
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