Independent Review of NJT Performance during Sandy

[jis]

A long-awaited independent review of NJ Transit's performance during Hurricane Sandy has found a glaring need for better coordination and more places to store trains in the event of another monster storm.

Officials with the statewide transportation provider made the ill-fated decision to leave trains at rail yards in Kearny and Hoboken that ended up flooding during Sandy, resulting in hundreds of damaged locomotives and train cars and a $120 million bill.

The whole article can be found here.

The actual report and NJT's response can be found here.

 

[afigg]

A long-awaited independent review of NJ Transit's performance during Hurricane Sandy has found a glaring need for better coordination and more places to store trains in the event of another monster storm.

Officials with the statewide transportation provider made the ill-fated decision to leave trains at rail yards in Kearny and Hoboken that ended up flooding during Sandy, resulting in hundreds of damaged locomotives and train cars and a $120 million bill.

The whole article can be found here.

The actual report and NJT's response can be found here.

Thanks for posting this. I'll have to read the TTEX report later, but I agree with the comments to the NJ.com article that the timing of the release of the report is clearly intended to bury the report in so far as press coverage and public attention. Posting the report on Christmas Eve? An obvious move and one that Christie will probably get away with barely a whimper from the NJ press.

 

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A long-awaited independent review of NJ Transit's performance during Hurricane Sandy has found a glaring need for better coordination and more places to store trains in the event of another monster storm.

Officials with the statewide transportation provider made the ill-fated decision to leave trains at rail yards in Kearny and Hoboken that ended up flooding during Sandy, resulting in hundreds of damaged locomotives and train cars and a $120 million bill.

The whole article can be found here.

The actual report and NJT's response can be found here.

Thanks for posting this. I'll have to read the TTEX report later, but I agree with the comments to the NJ.com article that the timing of the release of the report is clearly intended to bury the report in so far as press coverage and public attention. Posting the report on Christmas Eve? An obvious move and one that Christie will probably get away with barely a whimper from the NJ press.

Read the report. It's objective and not that critical of NJT. In fact, I suspect the report disappoints many.

 

[jis]

Apparently NJT commissioned this work and is trying to use it to get insurance companies to pay up and the insurance companies are not buying it. This should get really interesting as the insurance companies are saying that this is not really an independent report at all. I don't know the details of who paid off whom to come to any conclusion. Meanwhile I also don't have the time to chase it right now. I will get back to it after I get back from vacation abroad in the latter half of Jan.