NJ Transit Executive Director Kevin Corbett said at Wednesday's Board of Director's meeting he is a rail commuter too and understands that the railroad is testing the patience of riders.
A half-dozen NJ Transit trains were canceled by 6 a.m. on Wednesday as the railroad's executive director said things could get worse as PTC installations and vacations continue.
After a week's worth of daily cancellations on NJ Transit, it was a near-normal commute on Tuesday morning. But the air conditioning at Secaucus could be a problem.
NJ Transit endured more complaints about service after Friday night's Beyonce/Jay Z concert at MetLife Stadium and a male struck on the North Jersey Coast Line near Perth Amboy on Saturday morning.
NJ Transit said the very late trains it is required by contract to run after large MetLife Stadium events, like Thursday night's Beyonce concert, took crews off duty for Friday morning.
Now that Democrats are advancing their own budget plan, without the tax increases he wants, Gov. Phil Murphy is stepping up efforts to sell his blueprint.