Nothing against your son, because I know he went to a good school and probably is qualified. But this type of hiring practice is why tech companies are overwhelmingly White and Asian.
OT: NJTransit nightmare from last night
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Nothing against your son, because I know he went to a good school and probably is qualified. But this type of hiring practice is why tech companies are overwhelmingly White and Asian.
LOL. Throw in Newark Penn Station!!
I have commuted into New York City for 11 years. I was making over six figures in my early 30s and recently gave it all up.
The commute is absolutely pure hell. I used to see grown men and women sprinting from the train to get into their cars so they could beat the traffic out of the train station. That was after a 90 minute commute mind you. I was 24 at the time but I remember thinking to myself, if I’m doing this in my 40s or 50s I screwed up.
do yourself a favor and downsize your living situation or get a new job. I don’t think I would do that commute again unless I was getting paid 500K a year.
The commute is absolutely pure hell. I used to see grown men and women sprinting from the train to get into their cars so they could beat the traffic out of the train station. That was after a 90 minute commute mind you. I was 24 at the time but I remember thinking to myself, if I’m doing this in my 40s or 50s I screwed up.
do yourself a favor and downsize your living situation or get a new job. I don’t think I would do that commute again unless I was getting paid 500K a year.
NJ Transit had some very good people. shirley delibero was a very good executive director. Problem is every governor comes in and puts their own cronies in high paying positions many not qualified. They all do it. Christie took it to a high level, non-agreement personnel didn’t get raises for almost 10 years while his people hired for high paying jobs. Many good people left, some to MTA in higher paying positions doing basically the same job there.
Murphy is no different. His people are driving out quality experience transit people to move their people in.
Murphy is no different. His people are driving out quality experience transit people to move their people in.
I don't read the New York Slimes anymore. So only the first paragraph was up and it didn't mention President Trump.
But is there any disagreement with the fact that Congress hasn't released any of the Trillion dollars estimated to begin the rebuilding of America ?
Commuting into the city will slowly deteriorate and closing one tunnel under the Hudson will be an absolute disaster unless it's done on the weekend. None of the other modes can handle any more load, and eventually these tunnels are going to give out. They either have to be replaced or rail service will be replaced with a ferry or PATH from Hoboken and all trains will be routed there.
Christie might have had valid reasons for shutting down the project, but it still should have been re-scoped and restarted. Christie gutted the NJ transit operating budget, though, and that's another huge contributing factor to delays -- how many times are we subject to train breakdowns, train service that is short cars or not enough engineers?
Christie might have had valid reasons for shutting down the project, but it still should have been re-scoped and restarted. Christie gutted the NJ transit operating budget, though, and that's another huge contributing factor to delays -- how many times are we subject to train breakdowns, train service that is short cars or not enough engineers?
It's an incompetent government organization, like every other large government organization.
No, they are what you expect when you blow up the budget. Funny that you, a budget hawk, didn’t notice.
ok, but this paragraph illustrates Trumps attitude towards the Gateway project, which is utterly laughable.
In fact, the United States Department of Transportation has downgraded the urgency of the Gateway project from a medium-to-high priority to a medium-to-low priority — not high enough to qualify for federal funding.
+1
Hits the nail on the head. Great post! It's truly a miserable existent. The NYC commute will only get worse in the future due to the tunnels and NJT.
Why not another bridge over the River? Wouldn’t it be less expensive and easier to maintain? Can’t we use Elon Musk tunnel company to dig two tunnels cheaper than the union workers?
That’s what I was thinking... I don’t pretend to know how any of this stuff actually works, but why can’t they go from NJ to NY the same way they go from Manhattan to Brooklyn? Too large of a span??
It doesn't look like The Boring company is doing work for traditional rail tunnels.
the area that the bridge would have to traverse is already heavily developed. would have to buy up a LOT of property on both the NJ and in NYC to do this.
1. There's no available real estate for a railroad bridge. Remember, trains are very sensitive to grade - to get one 180' in the air, sufficient to cross a bridge, would require several miles of grade on both sides.
2. Tunneling under the Hudson isn't an easy trick. The bedrock is predominantly basalt and schist - very tough stuff. It would require a type of TBM (tunnel boring machine) that Musk does not possess.
Don't think there aren't SEVERAL proposals for ideas on how to do this. No one will pull the trigger and shore up funding/give a green light. Notice the dates on these alone are 2018 and 2011. Engineers can build here, this is all politics....
http://www.gatewayprogram.org/wp-co...07-31-ALL-InfoSession-Presentations-FINAL.pdf
https://engineering.purdue.edu/PGS/past-events/2011/presentations/Chapman-PGS-2011.pdf
http://www.gatewayprogram.org/wp-co...07-31-ALL-InfoSession-Presentations-FINAL.pdf
https://engineering.purdue.edu/PGS/past-events/2011/presentations/Chapman-PGS-2011.pdf
Most of that slide material isn't new. I had a lot of it cross my desk as far back as 2010.
You seem very emphatic about that. Good for you! I guess.
I love NJ Transit. I hat sitting in traffic in cars. It's just a shame that it's been so underfunded. The enduring legacies of Chris Christie.
I did my time. Six years on the train out of Matawan. Another six on the bus out of Cranbury, after the second time I spent five hours on a train. When I stopped having to go into Manhattan on any kind of a regular basis I took up driving to Jersey City and taking the PATH, for those times that I did have to go into the city.
It all sucks. There's no good way to do it. The ferries are probably the best method, but I'm 40 minutes from Belford or Highlands, so that negates any advantage. It all sucks.
Downsize your house or apartment and free up some wiggle room financially. Then get a new job in NJ.
IMO people get stuck on that hell commute because they buy too much house too far away and they have no choice but to make that awful commute to live paycheck to paycheck for it. The hell with that.
I wholeheartedly recommend leaving the DC to Boston metropolis, if at all possible.
Charlotte, Jacksonville, Nashville, couple in Texas, Salt Lake City, their out there, take less money.
People that knew of my 2 1\2 commute by train each way from Manasquan rightfully thought I was INSANE.
Charlotte, Jacksonville, Nashville, couple in Texas, Salt Lake City, their out there, take less money.
People that knew of my 2 1\2 commute by train each way from Manasquan rightfully thought I was INSANE.
It sounds like your sons aren’t taking your advice.
Well here we are West of West Point babysitting.
Sometimes Wives live where they want to live, and we say, "Yes, Honey."
i learned my lesson when I bought a house on Jupiter Island Fla, without her seeing the house and announced that we were all moving.
Sometimes Wives live where they want to live, and we say, "Yes, Honey."
i learned my lesson when I bought a house on Jupiter Island Fla, without her seeing the house and announced that we were all moving.
Oddly enough, I take NJ Transit maybe 1-2 times a month into the City and in all that time I've never, ever experienced a delay. Just dumb luck.
You've told this story before.
It's no less astonishing the second time.
$1000 bucks says that at some point in the ensuing... discussion... she said, "what the hell is wrong with you??"
Ya gotta admit, it's a reasonable question.
Exactly. Republican or Democrat, doesn't matter. As it was structured, New Jersey taxpayers would have been on the hook for every penny the tunnel went over budget. Based on every other project like this in the area, it would have been tens of billions. Enough to bankrupt the state.
Hey I have an idea! Since the government is so great at running stuff, let's put them in charge of even more! LOLOLOL!
