Dan Stessel
Dan Stessel
becomes capacity heavy manual process radio
It becomes a manual process with heavy radio traffic. It's slow, methodical, and reduces capacity to a fraction.
daily service
It'll be a daily service and much more frequent.
additional attribute cost difficult gas high single
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.
number potential
They could go higher, and that number could change. Obviously, this has the potential to become a problem.
affecting behind entire minor morning problem relatively service single train trains wind work
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.
common correct diligently reaction thread understand
There's no common thread to the delays. We understand the customers' reaction to the delays. We are working diligently to correct the problems.
happened
This could not have happened at a more unfortunate time.
diversion instead normally saw swung trend
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.
public switch welcome
Some (drivers) have opted to switch to public transportation, and we're working to welcome them to the system.
stage tunnel
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.
additional building button cold customers heat larger machines main open push station ticket waiting winter
The shelters will have push-button, on-demand heating. On cold winter days, customers will be able to push a button and heat will come on in the shelters. Two additional ticket vending machines will be installed. The main station building is also being redone with a larger waiting area, and will be open 24 hours.
double since trains
Since there were two trains in one, they had to make double stops.
concern ensure federal good line obviously resources state support
Obviously there is concern about federal support to ensure they have the resources to keep the line in a state of good repair.
busiest expect remarkable stations
It's remarkable to see all this come together. We expect this to be one of the busiest stations in the system.