On a Thursday evening in late February, commuters stood tightly jammed in the waiting area known as “the pit” in New York’s Penn Station, as equipment and operational snags forced the cancellation of train after train. Each announcement of a platform immediately set off a rush of people jostling and sprinting through NJ Transit’s Seventh Avenue concourse, in hopes of finding a seat to squeeze into for the ride back home to Jersey. It wasn’t the first time that month that thousands found themselves stranded, either. A similar scene played out weeks earlier, when downed wires and a disabled train crippled travel between New York and New Jersey long into the night. To read the full story.
Recent Posts
- Study Finds Widespread Exposure to Hormone-Disrupting Chemical During Pregnancy.
- Community-Based Programs in Senior Centers May Lower Health Care Use and Costs for People with Dementia
- New NJACTS Publication
- How Rutgers Health and Vaccine Equity Education Coalition Ambassadors at the Boys & Girls Club of Newark Are Promoting Vaccine Equity.
- Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease 7th Annual Environmental Health and Justice Summit 10/18, 9am-4pm
Categories
- Community (2,020)
- Covid (975)
- CTO Events (3)
- News (2,570)
- Pilots (20)