Wall Street Journal article about problems restoring PATH service:
The pink, rectangular icon on the computer screen representing the progress
of PATH train 5780 blinked, as the cars rolled out on the westbound tracks from
the World Trade Center station. Then, just at the mouth of the tunnel under the
Hudson River, the pink rectangle disappeared.
To dispatchers in Lower Manhattan, that is the most obvious sign that all is
still not well with PATH, a vital link for New Jersey commuters that still isn't
back to full operation nearly three months after superstorm Sandy.
On one section of the system, restoring even limited service has required
workers to reach back in time, using a system to move trains that dates to the
age of the telegraph.
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Although final recommendations from Governor Cuomo’s NYS 2100 Commission are
expected to be formally released tomorrow, some details have begun to leak out.
The implementation of “World
Class Bus Rapid Transit,” the creation
of a second tunnel under the Hudson River, and connections for Metro-North
trains into Penn Station emerge from the transportation section–all ideas
Tri-State has called
for in the past
and is pleased to see in the draft report.
The report also recognizes one of the most successful transportation stories
to come out of Sandy: the 150
percent increase in cycling over the East River bridges in the days after
the storm. As a result, the report recommends that the state fully deploy
federal Transportation Alternatives funding to pedestrian and bicycle
facilities, a call
Tri-State had been making even before Sandy hit. The bump in cycling in the
aftermath of Sandy would likely not have occurred if New York City DOT did not
invest so heavily in safe
cycling and walking infrastructure in recent years. This recommendation
recognizes more needs to be done to ensure walking and cycling are even more
viable transportation modes in the years to come.
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