Dan Brucker Quotes (15 Quotes)

The world of commuting has changed and we are responding to it.

Most storm damage is usually concentrated in one area, but with this wind storm, we had debris all over the entire length of the line. The damage and disruption was widespread.

We're basically on time. This morning was anything but normal, with 60 trains delayed up to two hours.

We don't know if the train hit the tree, or the tree hit the train or they hit each other at the same time.

We're not the subway system. We can't re-create it. But, we did the best we could ... Get people on, get them in. Just keep it moving.

While we have experienced minor flooding in that section of the Beacon station parking lot in the past, this is the first time we encountered a buildup and volume of water as we did on Jan. 18.

When we restored Grand Central, we had to spend over 1 million just to clean the tar and nicotine stains off the ceiling and even more to scrub them off the walls. So, of course, after spending that kind of money we weren't going to let anybody smoke anywhere in the building.

We are always interested in expanding. West of Hudson, there is still significant room for growth.

We asked commuters on trains that got to Grand Central before 7 a.m. if they had a choice, would they take an even earlier train, and we got a very positive response.

It's the first storm of the season and we've got to gear up for it. We expect to have a normal commute tomorrow because we will be working all night.

It should not be news to them.

More and more people are arriving to work earlier and earlier. Given the ever-growing use of cell phones, the Internet, and other communications options, many businesses operate 24 hours a day today. There is a growing necessity to get to work earlier.

There is a ton of debris all over the place, downed trees all over. This is certainly one of the most widespread in terms of wind damage and debris all over our system.

The next step (in pursuing a rail link) would be to do an alternatives analysis and a draft environmental impact statement. But we don't have a time frame for going forward, and we don't have the project in our capital budget.

We have to get the Federal Transit Administration to sign off on the funds. We expect it to be running in a week or so.