Dan Stessel
Dan Stessel
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It was down slightly as some customers decided to work from home or take days off, which is what we expected. And we've seen that in the past during other disruptions in New York. Many New Jersey customers opted to stay home, to sit it out.
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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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It'll be a daily service and much more frequent.
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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's a first step. It's not a total shutdown.
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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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It is a $23 million project divided into three phases, and it is currently in the second phase. We are currently doing work on the eastern end of the platform, and Phase II will be completed this fall. Phase III will shift to the west end and will be six months in duration. The entire project will be completed by next spring.
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This could not have happened at a more unfortunate time.
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Some (drivers) have opted to switch to public transportation, and we're working to welcome them to the system.
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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.
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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.
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It becomes a manual process with heavy radio traffic. It's slow, methodical, and reduces capacity to a fraction.
Had it not been replenished or reformed by the governor, we would not have been able to proceed.
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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.