To the rather fashionably dressed 60s wannabe throwback on the 6:49 out of Penn Station, I offer my deepest apologies that my armpit got in your way when you tried to rest your very mismatched, extra-long, bizarrely pointed boot on the back part of my armrest. How rude of me to say excuse me […]

Dear Customer,
In addition to commenting on the proposed fare increase, you also shared some of the problems you’ve been experiencing with your commute. Your message was forwarded to Customer Service so that we could this opportunity to address your non-fare related concerns.
We agree that the service provided to our customers during the fall/winter months […]

Like all commuters, as a driver I am subjected to a variety of environs and random happenings that make my morning commute both interesting and frightening all at the same time. Today’s case in point…
Today is Good Friday for those of you non-Christians out there, it is a very holy day and one in […]

It started it off great. My wife was already out of bed and in the shower. I marched downstairs unobstructed, no fat people walking in the middle, no wories about keeping right except to pass on the stairs. I made myself breakfast and sat on the couch and turned on the news…where […]

Dear Parent:
You suck. Your child sucks. Your child’s freedom to scream loudly the whole way down to Princeton Junction sucks. Your related disregard for the other passengers in that ill-fated train carriage sucks. Your lack of control over that five-year-old’s behavior sucks. Your inability to speak to that guy with you in a somewhat normal […]

Yes the title is a quote from Johnny (Patrick Swazye) from Dirty Dancing and I’m sure you are asking yourself - again - where is Ripper going with this?
This article is about personal space. Clearly today, mine was violated. Picture yourself sitting in a palatial NJ Transit two-sy. As you look forward […]

Okay. so I took the train tonight after working on the weekend which in and of itself sux.
I am wearing headphones with my face buried in a magazine. I hear muffled something and looked up: some older guy with white hair is saying “IS ANYONE SITTING HERE” I looked at him like, are you […]

Good old RVL.. Rarely does a train actually get to Newark on time in the morning. On time by any regular person’s standards, that is - NJT’s “standards” of five minutes allowance don’t count (although they rarely manage even if you allow them their absurd five minute cushion).
What I REALLY love is that […]

As a train commuter on the RVL from NJ to NYC Penn, I was nervous all day yesterday about the St. Patrick’s Day commute home. I wasn’t looking forward to the disgruntled-beer muscled-green puking-urinating in the corner-nondaily commuter.
Took the 2 train to 34th Street and after a struggle navigating through the LIRR gazing area, […]

Geez! My boyfriend and I get settled into our 2-seater towards the end of one of the long blue cars at the originating station one morning. At very next stop, in comes this family and you can hear them before they even enter the car. I guess we’re freakin’ family magnets because this chick and […]