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| NJT Bus Riders switching buses after break down on NJ Turnpike |
Riders of NJ Transit trains are not the only ones experiencing a "Summer of Hell" due to the ongoing track work being performed by Amtrak at Penn Station. The Penn Station summer track work caused cancellations and diverted hundreds of trains away from Penn Station - especially trains on the Morris and Essex Lines. Many scheduled train runs were cancelled this week due to issues with train crews not reporting to work.
Fellow bus commuters have also been feeling pain during this summer of hell. On Tuesday morning, an NJT bus broke down in the XBL causing delays in excess of an hour for riders into the Port Authority Bus Terminal. On Wednesday and Thursday, it was reported that several NJT bus runs were also cancelled due to "operational issues." It has also been reported that NJT had to cancel these trips because drivers had to cover additional bus service implemented because of the rail issues at Penn Station. Way to prepare NJT!
New Jersey's fleet of "Jersey Cruisers" that travel to New York are now over 15 years old and are constantly breaking down. You can't miss them pulled over by the side of the road these days. As we previously reported, NJT was in the process of replacing these buses starting last year, but work on the new buses was halted when our beloved Governor Christie suspended non-essential construction projects for several weeks last summer. So next time you are stuck in traffic due to a broken down bus, or suffering on one without air-conditioning, you'll know who to thank. Our wonderful Governor who continues to create "traffic problems" by closing toll booths at the GWB, cancelling the ARC Hudson river tunnel project, and otherwise severely underfunding NJ Transit.
