Uber is so ridiculous, charging 100$ to drive like 20 mins

Uber price gouging needs to be banned. $400 for a ride across the Hudson is INSANE.

Two tunnels take EVERY train in and out of this city. During hurricane Sandy, these two tunnels completely flooded. They are both in EXTREME levels of disrepair. In May of 2014, Amtrak announced that by 2034 one or both tunnels would need to be shut down. This section was built in 1904, and the electrical supply lines were added in 1908. Since that day, minor daily repairs are all that have been completed. The electrical system is old, and when it goes out needs to be checked fuse by fuse by a person on the line. The tunnel itself is also crumbling and decaying, creating water leaks in particular areas. They were asking for assistance in 2014, and were ignored. NYS began plans immediately. Creating two new tunnels that run parallel to these two. When they open, closing these two for a full renovation and repair. This would mean that we would end with 4 functioning tunnels, and a lot less daily stress. This was placed in front of the funding approval board for NY, NJ, AMTRAK, and the Federal Government in 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021. They hit a MAJOR SNAG, New Jersey doesn’t want to pay. The tunnel does come out onto their land, but they disagreed with every amount proposed. In 2022 The USDOT, AMTRAK, and state of NY HAD to move forward without funding approval from NJ. If NY goes into debt, it’s better than a tunnel collapsing as people are entering or leaving our city. Now, the new tunnels have been under construction- they are still about 8 years from being completed. It may sound awful, but it is my genuine belief that everything is done EFFICIENTLY, and calmly regarding these two tunnels. If ANYONE has a problem with the fact that they are malfunctioning, then they haven’t been paying attention. They should call their NJ state representatives. If you think ANYONE is going to jump through a hoop just to, what, get you home? Grow up. It’s not going to happen.

His wife isn't answering his calls? 1:15 poor guy

Wait for congestion pricing takes effect hell will break loose

It’s going to get worse after congestion pricing starts next month.

what NY needs is a high speed rail over the hudson

also....another fare hike is on the way....thanks.

It’s like that in the UK when overhead wires are down or stolen and it causes lots of delays and disruptions to rail services.

Path over 33rd is pack. So is Port Authority. What do you do? Check the Path over WTC. If packed, take a ferry service over to Hoboken (and probably better off). Pay the $10 to save 2 hours.

And I know for a fact in the NJ Transit waiting area, there’s nowhere to sit except on the floor. All the benches were taken out years ago. It stinks that Uber price gouges at times like these, too.

Although I wasn't there, it shouldn't be that hard to take the 1 train from 34th Street-Penn Station to WTC Cortlandt, then get on the PATH from there to Newark Penn or Hoboken unless NJTransit train services got very messed up even from those stations in NJ from staging like over 70% of their trains at Sunnyside yard for the evening rush and got trapped in NYC because of Amtrak's emergency tunnel closures.

This is exactly why I took a pay cut NOT to work in New York City. That place is a death trap if something goes wrong. Best decision I ever made.

Amtrak sucks. I took the 11:40am train on 2/25/2024 from Miami to NY and was supposed to arrive about 730pm on 2/26/2024. Did not arrive until almost midnite because of delays (freight train broke down about an hour after leaving Miami) and one of the sleeper cars catching on fire as it approached the DC station. They kept everyone on the train for about one and half hours and would not give us any information unless asked. The major problems for Amtrak is the tracks that are used does not belong to them but to the freight train companies and the government pays to use these lines. The frieght trains have prioprity over Amtrak. In other words if there are several frieght trains on a certain line along with Amtrak at the same time, Amtrak has to wait until those trains pass before continuing. That's one main reason why they're always behind schedule. The second, Amtrak is still stuck in 1970s and no effort by the Fed or State governments to improve. If the train engine is turned off as it was in DC, there is no way to flush the toilets and air conditioning does not work. It also ran out of water for the toilets, so imagine being on a train from DC to NY Penn Station and smelling the toilets.

the whole metro area needs 2 more road and rail tunnels and 3 more bridges.

Wait till this is done deliberately Just shows we could never go all electric

Uber price gouging should be criminal!

When sh*t breaks in or around NYC it snowballs and takes forever to fix. There is no redundancy.

Even for NJ Transit? Anything is bad for NJ Transit.

There should be third rails added to these tracks if just in case power lines go down, there at least could be backup electricity.

Congestion pricing is going to cause nothing but chaos in the streets.

Another reason why we need the new tunnel and portal bridge

Happens every year per summer, when it hit 100 plus degrees and once in the winter. when will they construct the second tunnel.

The Japanese that I once worked with could not believe our sad little mass commuter trasportation system.

This is why you should advocate for multimodal bridges that can accept pedestrians walking or riding their bike for free.

I was caught in this shit pie in Philly. Amtrak was down afte 4 today. I ubered from philly to Newark. Had get the hell on

It's Amtrak not Union Pacific. You know they have diesel locomotives that don't need electricity right?

Natasha looking fly 💕

2:30 is that a minecraft villager

What the hell happened ? Might tell us

uber and lyft drivers in nyc pay commercial insurance which is HIGH i dont blame surge pricing at all. drivers work hard just as all commuters do.

This breakfast sandwich is delicious!

Did you see the highway working fine in the aerial view? Trains are worthless.

Just hit the Blarney Stone and get hammered...

Couldn’t passengers walk to PATH train, or NY Ferry?

For those who hate trains. Well, when this happens and the trains disappear, the highways become so saturated that no one can enter or leave New York. And even if the highway had two million lanes it would still be jammed (although with a highway that big there would be no buildings to go to). This is what happens when you ignore public transportation for decades.

I could just take the bus at Port Authority instead...lucky I have a lightweight electric scooter to do just that! Buy and own one becquse you need a backup in case this happens!

America needs to down in on the nations mass commuter railroad system! This should be the cheapest, quickest, and most reliable way to get to our destinations. Our system is a shame compared to what other nations around the world have!

The city is not playing their bills lol

To bad no diesel trains.

That's what you get when train circuits are shorted out...

They should’ve got some diesel trains as backup

I find public transportation amazing. Sorry you commuters are having a bad day. Thank You For Your Services!! Hope you’re home safe.

And NJ Transit expects *_me_* to pay increased fares so that it covers a major budget gap?!? After last night??? Over my dead, covid-plague body! I think I'm gonna start learning how to drive. I'm not too old to start.

Too crowded - best thing to do is for several folks to look at renting a large SUV/van. Next option if you have a true friend in NJ is to rent the vehicle there and drive in to pick them up as it will be much cheaper than competing with the hordes at Penn.

And the MTA wants to cram congestion pricing down our throats?

I am glad I no longer live in NJ and take this to get into NYC. When Chris Christie canceled in 2010 the ARC project because if cost too much going from $8 million to $12 million in 2010 which would have built another tunnel under the river, replaced the bridge leading to it, and upgraded some tracks and then Hurricane Sandy hit - it made the existing infrastructure even less reliable and travel between the two states deteriorate more. Now with the new $16 billion project upgrade the region with a new tunnel (building off of the partially built canceled tunnel), new bridge, and new track it won't be for another few years before it is all replaced with new, modern equipment unimpacted by salt water from hurricane damage. It is going to be bad for a few more yrs.

How about walk home?.

Feel sorry 😞 for the njtransit commuters 😮😮😮😮😮😮 1:49

BUILD THE TUNNEL NOW!

2:00

Better walk over 2 33rd and catch that path train.idc how long the line is

No Jersey (NJ) Transit again!

Stolen copper again?

Gotta love electric locomotives instead of locomotives with portable independent power generators on board.

Catch a cab to Newark, then Uber...

Get battery-powered trains!

No one wants to pay taxes for infrastructure until stuff like this happens

All nj transit has to go through Newark Penn. Unless they still have path. But they still have to get to Newark to get on the non electric lines like Raritan Valley lines and many could Uber lyft or bus from the stations. But since I don't what is running. If nj transit wants the fare increases they better start earning it. This is getting ridiculous.

buy Uber and Lyft shares.

Amtrak is complete garbage. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday same garbage

I would just hate life there

Now you cant save tickets for transit it expires in 30 days they getting greeder everyday just for this smh

Go home and relax, people - take a nice day off - no problem! The world does not depend on you anyway.

RATHER RIDICULOUS. SORRY MY KEYBOARD IS DYING.

I don't mean this comment to be racist but rather just an observation. 30/35 years ago, I used to take the train into NYC for work. I'm a bit surprised to see that there are almost NO white people waiting in that station! If that wait is much longer, people should just go back to work and sleep there because by the time they get home, it will be close to having to go back in again!

Take the path lol

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2:27 Amtrak owns the tracks, not NJTransit…also, Governor Murphy is a large part of the reason why we are FINALLY getting infrastructure upgrades and improvements. Most of the neglect came from Governor Chris Christie who scrapped the original Gateway project.

Build a real freeway system.

Yeah, this wouldn't happen almost at all in most Asian countries with its excellent train systems. Definitely not as frequently as it does with NJTransit/Amtrak

Wasn't Biden going to build an underground railroad with his bare hands from DC to Chicago?

When the liberals run everything lol

Welcome to Joe Bidens build back better

What happens when Amtrak supports Biden

We have ALL SUFFERED from Amtrak chaos and delays--many times! And sometimes their staff people are so rude and defensive about THEIR problems. European trains are so easy to use and deal with, but we can only DREAM about them over here in God-Bless America with its rat-infested rotting infrastructure and poorly-trained staff. AND, these incompetents NOW want to raise fares for their all-too-often lousy service! Capitalism works badly in America; we need some efficient Scandinavian democratic socialism to clean up our persistent problems.

Enjoying capitalism yet?

Wow. Electric down do to Storm. How would people charge there electric cars when you cant even ride on a train. Stupid decisions.

Call an Uber

Hahaha stay in jersey!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 bye