NJ Transit, lawmakers hear about PA terminal
What is truly astonishing is the total lack of knowledge of the plight of N/NJ commuters by politicians and the total ignorance of the near “shit hole conditions” of the Port Authority bus terminal over the last 40 years . These same people namely State Sen. Loretta Weinberg who were also stumped by traffic jams on the GWB.
JUNE 3, 2014, 8:18 AM
BY KAREN RO– USE
STAFF WRITER
NORTHJERSEY.COM
Over the years, they have vented to family, co-workers and seat-mates about the arduous evening commute out of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan that seemed to be getting worse. And on social media, they discovered there were others just like them – fellow NJ Transit commuters on the verge of revolt over hourlong waits with seemingly little explanation from on-site representatives at the terminal.
Now those bus commuters have gotten the attention of NJ Transit officials – and state legislators. State Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Teaneck, and Assemblyman Gordon Johnson will hold a public hearing on Port Authority Bus Terminal conditions on June 11 at the Richard Rodda Community Center, 250 Colonial Court, Teaneck.
The hearing is from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
“We wanted to make sure in a most public way that NJ Transit and the Port Authority are well aware of the problems,” Weinberg said. “We’ve been hearing from our constituents.” She said they want to put pressure on the agency to alleviate the poor conditions at the terminal, where customers can be forced to stand for more than an hour at a gate awaiting their buses.
Customers have no place to sit and say there is no one providing updates or explanations as to why their buses are late or when they will arrive.
“It is a disaster,” Weinberg said. “Can you imagine having to commute to New York and you get finished with a day’s work and you have to go through that?”
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