Under Hogan they decided it was cheaper to buy diesel locomotives than pay Amtrak for Electricity costs.

Electrification was extended in the 90s from New Haven to Boston. CT , RI ,MA are all proposing to electrify the remaining network by the mid 2030s...

Only a small part of the city is still a hood...most of the city is undergoing rapid change...so the "hood" is being priced out..

Dam that's sad to hear...i'll still come by on the 5th and then flood this section / r/newjersey with my blossom pics...

If the bridge is behaving itself then it takes 20 mins for them to close the gates and raise and lower the bridge...but sometimes this bridge and its sister downstream get stuck open for hrs. Luckily in both places there's an alternative nearby that is 15 mins+ drive.

I would ask on r/newark because you're not going to get too many real and truthful answers from the posters of this Subreddit.

I would only say the West Ward & parts of the South Ward are "ghetto" these days...most of the city over the last several years has seen a rapid redevelopment boom on par with where Jersey City was in the mid 2000s.

Idk which part of Newark you're driving around , But I haven't seen that in Downtown or University Heights... Most of that activity is near Airport Hotels and Union City isn't immune to sleazy activities what do you think happens in those hotels along 1/9?

The train line runs alongside by about 10 miles north of Trenton, but South of Trenton there's only smaller lines mostly used for freight. If anything, we need to upgrade the network and shift more interstate trucks off the road/highway network onto Rail.

It's about 90 mins from Newark to Wilmington , it's doable once or twice a week any more than that, and I'd just move to Wilmington or Philly. Philly is an hour by SEPTA from Wilmington or a hr from NYC on Amtrak...and much cheaper than living in JC.

Riverside is mostly portugese rather then spanish.

I haven't heard of any subway lines being shutdown, they usually threaten to cut low ridership suburban branches.

Actually you don't have to use that Bridge as you could just simple use one of the Abandoned lines that branch off before the bridge and connect into the Morristown line.

Ameribus was complaining about NJT not giving them buses... Someone told me in the 90s they sued the state to break up the monopoly NJT held...but most of them could not keep up the service levels that NJT had and now it looks like NJT will probably absorb some more routes.

Is it? Traffic is backed up deep into the Ironbound and It's been like that during rush hour more so in the afternoon for the last 5 or 6 yrs. Game days are just the icing on the cake...

The PATH is only good if you're within walking distance of the Harrison Station or are transferring from a connecting service at Newark Penn. Frank Rodgers during rush hour is gridlock ,and it's like that for 2hrs in the morning and 2hrs in the evening. So driving down from Kearny might take 45-1hr...

Depends on which part of Bloomfield your in and where your going.. The train is only good if you live in the lower half of the town. If you live in the Upper half then I would drive over to the Allwood Park & Ride and use NJT Bus to Midtown Manhattan.

Coach USA is the same, although they did switch to digital last yr. They cut back on service in 2019 and made further cuts over the Pandemic. Some of there cut routes went to Ameribus but even that folded due to lower then expected ridership and NJT being a pain.

Hopefully NJT takes over the routes like they did with Red&Tan in Hudson County. This is 5th bus company to fold in the last 5 yrs in this region...

Reddit did ban a mod on r/newjersey last year who was doxxing users who would argue with him. So it is possible for the admins to take action.

Probably wasn't Woodbury as GPS would send you up 87 , 84 , 34 to Derby. The Parkway goes right past the Mall at Bay Plaza and near the Malls in White Plains.

Unfortunately that is not dirt but UV Damage to the windows...and they all need to be replaced..

There were just 10 redevelopment posts made to r/newark , and there's usually one made once a week...the current redevelopment boom has been going on for the last decade mainly in the Downtown / University Heights and the Ironbound.. Only in recent years has that begun to spread to other sections of the city...

The Long Island portion was to create a 3rd set of tunnels under the East River with a connection to the Old Montauk Branch and Electrify that will speeds increased to 110mph it would rejoin the main line at Jamaica-JFK which would be its first stop. Then it ride along the Main Line breaking off at Floral Park onto a reconfigured Hempstead Branch interchange , then it would share that branch until Garden City. The Hempstead Branch would be grade separated. The line would continue above and below ground using the abandoned LIRR Central Branch before merging back into the main line by Farmingdale and riding that out to Medford before curving north along one of the highway rows to the Sound. The Sound portion could have been delt with an immersed tunnel.

RIDOT needs to go aswell they've been quite hostile towards rail...despite the popularity of it in Rhode Island and the ever-increasing congestion in the states gateway areas.