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Report: NJ Transit’s second-worst summer under Murphy
Clip: 9/17/2024 | 1m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Only in summer 2020 had the transit agency more cancellations
It's been called a "summer of hell" for New Jersey's rail commuters, and the numbers back it up. Analysis by the New Jersey Monitor found that New Jersey Transit reported 1,820 cancellations between June 1 and Aug. 31. That's up from 1,165 cancellations in 2023, and is the second-most for that three-month period during Gov. Phil Murphy's time in office.
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Report: NJ Transit’s second-worst summer under Murphy
Clip: 9/17/2024 | 1m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
It's been called a "summer of hell" for New Jersey's rail commuters, and the numbers back it up. Analysis by the New Jersey Monitor found that New Jersey Transit reported 1,820 cancellations between June 1 and Aug. 31. That's up from 1,165 cancellations in 2023, and is the second-most for that three-month period during Gov. Phil Murphy's time in office.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipalso tonight new reporting finds New Jersey Transit Riders faced their second worst summer of hell since Governor Murphy took office according to New Jersey monitors number crunching there were 1,820 cancellations New Jersey Transit reported just between June 1st and August 31st outnumbering those in the same three-month period during every other year of Murphy's tenure except the summer of 2020 now according to the report and the rail agency most of the cancellations were driven by problems at Amtrak which owns the tracks and leases them to New Jersey Transit but mechanical issues and a rising number of unpreventable stoppages were also at fault for disruptions these are things like weather related problems or power outages state and federal officials this summer came down hard on Amtrak for failing to keep its infrastructure updated for its part New Jersey Transit is in the process of replacing its aging Fleet of train cars [Music]
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