Dan Stessel
Dan Stessel
areas looks remain travel
Travel right now is treacherous in many areas of the state, and it looks like it will remain that way for some time.
appreciate delivering greatly senators support
We greatly appreciate the support of New Jersey's congressional delegation, particularly Senators Lautenberg and Menendez, who were instrumental in delivering this funding.
cars
Most of the cars are on their side.
cost fare foresee gas raise recently
We recently had a fare increase, and so even with the cost of gas being what it is lately, I do not foresee a raise in our rates.
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.
number potential
They could go higher, and that number could change. Obviously, this has the potential to become a problem.
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.
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.
happened
This could not have happened at a more unfortunate time.
total
It's a first step. It's not a total shutdown.
complex incredible project short
It's an incredible and complex project that is nothing short of an engineering marvel.
customers days decided home jersey past seen sit slightly stay work
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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There's no common thread to the delays. We understand the customers' reaction to the delays. We are working diligently to correct the problems.