RE: (erielack) NJ/PA - Environmental Assessment for Lackawanna Cutoff now ava...

[Gregory Botvinik <botvinesq_@_optonline.net>]

 Like I said in an earlier post, the people in the lower Poconos can use the
service and would probably utilize it effectively.  But until I see an
actual planning study done on this topic (re: Scranton to NYC or even
Scranton to Morristown), I just don't see this service making economic sense
beyond East Stroudsburg.  (If such a study does exist or even if only Martz
has specific ridership figures, please direct me to them).

In the meantime, here's an annecdote: when I worked in Parsippany, we hired
a guy from Scranton who worked in the office Tues - Thurs. and stayed in a
hotel for 2 nights each week rather than do a daily commute.

And where is it written that trains have to stay overnight at the last
station.  Isn't there a yard somewhere east of Stroudsburg where the trains
could park?  If not, could a siding be built somewhere along the line? 


 
 
Greg Botvinik
Highland Park, NJ
botvinesq_@_optonline.net

- -----Original Message-----
From: Gary R. Kazin [mailto:gkazin_@_yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 12:42 PM
To: EL Mail List
Subject: Re: (erielack) NJ/PA - Environmental Assessment for Lackawanna
Cutoff now ava...


A fair number of the people living up in the Poconos only commute one or two
days a week, telecommuting the rest of the time.

They are smart enough not to drive.

A large portion of the car commuters work in New Jersey, largely in Morris
County.  This is one reason that the service to Hoboken can work: the people
coming from Pennsylvania get off before Newark and it doesn't matter where
the train goes to rest during the day.

You just have to stand on the Parsippany Boulevard bridge over I 80 in the
morning and watch the cars.  It's west of the turnoff for I 287, and a large
fraction of the cars with PA plates take that exit, heading for Morristown
and vicinity.  These people now have no option other than driving, but the
train will provide what they want.

Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey


- --- On Fri, 6/19/09, doubletrack_@_netzero.net <doubletrack@netzero.net>
wrote:
> Jerome, You couldn't be more WRONG if
> you Tried!  Many of those who commute On Martz is because they have no 
> Train Option. and Driving a car that distance daily is even more 
> Insane than  the Bus.
> Im Wondering if you have a financial interest in that Bus Company as 
> all you  ever seem to do is Trash the Train!
> What  kind of Railroad Hobbyist are you OR ar you just a NIMBY!




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