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Thursday, August 31st, 2006 by ripper
Must be commuter week with all the press. That’s because school starts next week and vacations end. It’s going to get ugly out there.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — It might be hard for some drivers to believe, but average commuting times are getting shorter for U.S. workers.
The average daily commute to work has shrunk from 25.5 minutes […]
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Tuesday, August 29th, 2006 by ripper
From NJ.com -
Getting sick of long rides on the train
Study: Commuting stress may worsen health woes
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
BY JUDY PEET
Star-Ledger Staff
For years, the prevailing New Jersey commuter philosophy has been: When the driving gets tough, the tough get a railpass.
But commuting by train is also stressful, according to a new study that found the […]
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Friday, August 25th, 2006 by ripper
My wife and son (teenager) went into the city today and took the 7:29 NEC train home. They were sitting across the aisle from a mother, father, and son (older. maybe in his 20’s). The mom was drinking beer out of a paper bag. The son kept making disgusting snorting and vomit noises. He told […]
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006 by ripper
I am heavily drink in Rio de Janeiro and I am sooo glad to be away from NJT for a while.
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006 by ripper
I just saw the ultimate in bad cellphone manners. Walked into our men’s room to find a guy talking on his cellphone…while he was using the urinal. Don’t think he washed up afterwards either. That’s just nasty all around…
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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 by ripper
On a weekend, I was taking a train from Princeton Junction to NYC. As soon as I got on, they announced “New Brunswick will be the next stop, I repeat New Brunswick is next, New Brunswick…” When the ticket collecter comes, he says “New Brunswick is the next stop” as loud as possible. There is […]
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Monday, August 21st, 2006 by ripper
Thanks to these two daring thieves, a NJT Conductor who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time , will be out of work for an extended period of time with little or no compensation from NJT. This all happened on the train in broad day light. WTF? This is what we […]
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Friday, August 18th, 2006 by ripper
It’s 1:50 AM on Friday and I just heard on the radio that the GWB leaving NJ has an 1hr 30 min delay and the announcer said that is the good news because the delay is down from 2 hrs. Seems the brain surgeons that run the Port Authority of NY & NJ closed the […]
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Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 by ripper
NJ TRANSIT service has been suspended between New York and Secaucus due to police activity.
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Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 by ripper
From: NJT_Alert@njtransit.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:05 PM
Subject: NJT Alert
NJ TRANSIT service has been suspended between New York and Secaucus due to police activity.
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