Comments on: NJ Transit Announces Record Ridership, Talks Secaucus Parking

By: Nick DeGregorio

Nick DeGregorio — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:20:22 +0000

There isn’t nearly enough daily weekday parking at any of the stations I need to travel from, particularly if I need to get on a morning train. The South Orange and Millburn lots are packed or permit only till noon or one and I don’t feel safe in Orange after dark. I don’t travel to NYC every day so a parking permit isn’t an option, which means I have to struggle to find a daily spot. A difficult task which usually ends with a drive into the city. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve driven past the Secaucus station wishing it had parking on my way through the Lincoln tunnel. Which creates more traffic and more pollution, driving to Secaucus or driving all the way into Manhattan? (Not to mention driving and parking in NYC is nearly 5 times the cost for this already over burdened tax payer)

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By: Bob Scheurle

Bob Scheurle — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:53:03 +0000

“About 80% of NJ Transit rail trips originated or terminated at New York Penn Station…”

No, that is not correct. Details here: http://www.nj-arp.org/blog/2007/12/njts-80-versus-58/

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By: Damien Newton

Damien Newton — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:52:17 +0000

Jeff, did you just propose congestion pricing for Secaucus Parking? While I like the idea, I somehow doubt we’d find many folks willing to run/construct that lot without there being more of a transit village in the area.

By: Jeffrey Zupan

Jeffrey Zupan — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:24:24 +0000

1 Parking at Secaucus station will attract many to use it in peak when trains are already packed. To solve this NJT would have to provide more capacity that it does not have.
2. The site will encourage many transit riders to drive many miles on already overcrowded highways.
3. Ramsey / Rte 17 station is doing very well, with ridership growing rapidly. More stations like it are needed in local areas, but outside villages.
4. At Secaucus the parking should be limited to those using it in the off peak and for reverse trips only. this can be accomplished by a joint ticketing of train ride and parking that is so high in peak direction and peak time that it will not be used much and so reasonable in the off peak and reverse that it can be a boon to intra NJ travel.

By: Kenneth J. Vogel

Kenneth J. Vogel — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:54:40 +0000

I was at the scoping sessions for building the structure in the 1980′s. Not only did many people not want parking there, but even the town residents did not want a proposed extension of the Meadowlands Parkway from Route 17 at Paterson Plank Road with a new bridge across the Hackensack River and into the proposed complex. Which was fought in its entirety by environmentalists. Once it did open, I did not see any of the built space for vendors to rent get used. I heard there was a plan to build another Parking Garage in Wayne, New Jersey; Just like in Ramsey, New Jersey. I heard that the attendance there is so bad, That the top floors of the structure was rented to a car dealership looking for space; I guess that they were hoping to get the New York State Thruway crowd, except Harriman Train Station’s Parking lot got bigger.

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By: Bobby Tiwari

Bobby Tiwari — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:05:22 +0000

Anyone knows what happened to the ambitious Transit Village project in Secaucus??

By: Damien Newton

Damien Newton — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:46:51 +0000

The Secaucus Station parking lot might lead to a better alternative for that particular commuter, but it would also probably become the alternative of choice for people in Hudson and East Bergen to drive to the parking lot and then take the connection to the city to avoid using a bus. Also, there is an NJT shuttle from the major residential development who’s name escapes me at the moment, in Secaucus to the Junction that would probably become obsolete as people would drive on the local roads to the station.

The best case scenario of major parking at the junction would be more traffic on the turnpike and local roads and a net increase of VMT for the region. The worst case scenario is that its the beginning of creating a Metropark for the Meadowlands.