NJT train engineers and conductors have somehow found a way to be exempted from the state essential employee status. this limits their ability to strike, limits the state's ability to control their actions. and their union gets whatever it wants. christie tried to strongarm them to agree to the same raises every other state agency was getting and they forced him to cave and gave them more than anyone else, including the NJT folks responsible for bus service.
OT: NJTransit nightmare from last night
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Man, reading through this thread makes LA commutes seem like heaven.
I commuted a couple hundred feet from my bedroom to my office downstairs this morning. Who says all NJ commutes are bad?
Friend of mine that works for Nj transit told me that “signal issues” are mostly bs and boiler plate excuse. Lots of time it’s something else
And someone said NJ transit is better than the PATH ... these extremely disruptive events resulting in 60 min + delays, confusion, etc happen nearly weekly. The quality of life for people depending on NJ transit is terrible. I'm literally one of the people who continues to decide to pay high living expenses in Hoboken/JC than rather pay with poorer quality of life and higher stress levels. Thats how bad NJ transit it .. impacting willing people's decisions to live in "commutable" towns.
FYI - The Gateway project is still DOA. The feds are now looking to repair the tunnels while keeping them open:
https://www.nj.com/politics/2020/03/trump-administration-deals-another-blow-to-gateway-tunnel.html
https://www.nj.com/politics/2020/03/trump-administration-deals-another-blow-to-gateway-tunnel.html
NJT is clearly worse than the path. I don't say that because of statistics (no idea what schedule adherence or anything like that is) but simply because there are alternative options when the PATH is down. NJT customers aren't or maybe cant just drive w/o losing multiple hours.
Get the fock out of New York NOW ! The $$$ is not worth it. It’s a big country. Lots of better places. Google them.
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Here in Texas there are so many billboards on the interstate saying various forms of: new to Texas? Welcome...please leave the reason you left California behind...
as someone who moved from NY I always prefaced it by saying retired military...then no so bad! This place is being overrun with people the Northeast and California. (Fastest growing city 8 years running)
Glad it’s finally catching up. Texas is smart to diversify their economy and be less dependent on energy. You picked up the Texas accent Or a cowboy hat to fit in?
Not according to free market. It’s $$$ because it’s desirable. Like Yogi said, no one goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.
