Dan Stessel Quotes (15 Quotes)

For residents of these densely populated communities, the light rail will provide unprecedented mobility and convenience. This is a huge day for Union City, West New York and North Bergen.

There's no common thread to the delays. We understand the customers' reaction to the delays. We are working diligently to correct the problems.

In that phase, we will be providing bus shuttle service from a nearby accessible station for customers with disabilities. The existing elevator shaft will be preserved, meaning the elevator will remain in its current location when the project is completed.

The shelters will have push-button, on-demand heating. On cold winter days, customers will be able to push a button and heat will come on in the shelters. Two additional ticket vending machines will be installed. The main station building is also being redone with a larger waiting area, and will be open 24 hours.

This could not have happened at a more unfortunate time.

No way. At this stage in the game, it's like asking, 'Why not a sky-tram' It's not in a let's-dream-about-it phase. This is not a theoretical exercise. The Tunnel is actually going to happen.

What could be a single relatively minor problem for one train can wind up affecting the entire morning service for all the trains behind it, because there's no way to work around it.

Since there were two trains in one, they had to make double stops.

It is a 23 million project divided into three phases, and it is currently in the second phase. We are currently doing work on the eastern end of the platform, and Phase II will be completed this fall. Phase III will shift to the west end and will be six months in duration. The entire project will be completed by next spring.

There have been some intermittent improvements over the years, but the station has, over time, experienced deterioration to its concrete passenger platform. We have conducted annual inspections that revealed water infiltration and the effect of salt corrosion.

It's difficult to attribute that to a single factor the high cost of gas would have something to do with it. More importantly is the additional service.

They could go higher, and that number could change. Obviously, this has the potential to become a problem.

Normally there is a diversion of 2 to 3 percent. Instead we saw an increase. We bucked the trend and swung to get 5 percent.

Obviously there is concern about federal support to ensure they have the resources to keep the line in a state of good repair.

Travel right now is treacherous in many areas of the state, and it looks like it will remain that way for some time.