NY/NJ: Nightmarish Train Tunnel Delays. Whose Problem Is It?

[marmar]

from WNYC:


NEWS ANALYSIS — On Monday of this week, tunnels under the Hudson were once again choked with delays. So New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who had been in Manhattan for a television interview about his presidential campaign, took a helicopter over the Hudson to return home.

That's not an option for most New Jersey commuters. Take Nina, a bank worker who didn't want to give her last name at Penn Station recently, because her boss is already upset with her for being late to work so many times.

"It’s sickening," she said as she rushed up the escalator after an ultra-long commute. "It’s impossible to plan your work week with NJ Transit, because you never know when you are going to get into the city. And I was just thinking about it today and I thought, 'Who’s accountable for this?'"

The list of who's accountable is shamefully long. It includes anti-spending Republicans in Congress and a host of local elected officials, starting with Christie. Five years ago, Christie cancelled an already-in-progress tunnel under the Hudson, clumsily named "Access to Region's Core," or ARC. ...................(more)

http://www.wnyc.org/story/christie-cuomo-tunnel-delays/

[PatrickforO]

1. Republican fiscal policy in microcosm.

Cut, cut, cut and then blame the Democrats.

[Fred Sanders]

2. China? Surely the ones to blame must be China, not the blocking of vital infrastructure funds by the GOP?