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Civic Group Plans Next Chapter for Hawthorne Station Building
Mount Pleasant Today is preparing a commuter survey about what the fine people of Hawthorne would like to see go into the decripit, but hopefully not decripit for long, old station house that will be vacated by Mount Pleasant Taxi … Continue reading
Posted in Hawthorne, Iron Horse Grill, Mount Pleasant Today
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Possible Demise of Princeton’s ‘Dinky’
The tiny “Dinky” train that links Princeton University and Princeton Junction may be replaced by a bus line, reports the NY Times. The Dinky, a one-car train that makes the four-minute trip several times a day, has been in existence … Continue reading
New Delhi Subway Better Than Yours
The subway system in New Delhi, India is the envy of the world, reports the NY Times. The system is called the Delhi Metro–not to be confused with the Metro Deli out in Brooklyn–and is freakishly on-time and clean, a … Continue reading
Tales From the Rails
* On the 5:27 heading out of Gotham last night. Cattycorner to me in a six-seater is a traveler–woman of about 50, kinky brown Mrs. Roper-From-Three’s-Company hair, green t-shirt with an elephant and ‘Spirit of India’ on the front, ugly … Continue reading
JerseyJim: ‘Caboose’ Catches Fire
More delays last night on New Jersey Transit, as a fire broke out in Berkeley Heights, stranding passengers to the east, traveling on the Gladstone Line. I had just arrived home from the 5:17 train, when my brother called, … Continue reading
Posted in Clever Commute, jerseyjim, New Jersey Transit, Summit
Tagged Berkeley Heights, Mama's Caboose
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PLANEJOTTING REDUX: Delta Debacle Continues
As we noted in these cyber-pages almost two months ago, the TJ clan was stuck in Atlanta after our Delta flight home from a Dominican vacation hit major storms and was re-routed. It certainly wasn’t Delta’s fault–the weather was way … Continue reading
Maybury: Makeover Continues at Hawthorne Station
Town Supervisor Joan Maybury did get back to me late yesterday after my phone call last week, and said the town would get right on the fallen bike rack; she didn’t realize the thing was flatter than a drunk at … Continue reading
Posted in Bike Rack, Hawthorne, Joan Maybury, Taxi
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An Open Letter To:
The M1 bus. I take you, M1 bus, every once in a while, when the mankind morass assembled at the 4-5-6 train escalators in Grand Central seems too foreboding, or these tired legs just don’t have the requisite spring to … Continue reading
Posted in Bus, Bus Driver, M1, Open Letter
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