(35 quotes found)
“It was down slightly as some customers decided to work from home or take days off, which is what we expected. And we've seen that in the past during other disruptions in New York. Many New Jersey customers opted to stay home, to sit it out.”
Dan Stessel
“They could go higher, and that number could change. Obviously, this has the potential to become a problem.”
“We recently had a fare increase, and so even with the cost of gas being what it is lately, I do not foresee a raise in our rates.”
“Now that the summer is over, in particular the Labor Day weekend, and the fact that the economy is improving, thus more people are commuting to New York, these are things that have helped our numbers. At this point, we do not have any solid numbers to indicate that the gas prices are the only thing that is making more people utilize our services.”
“Most of the cars are on their side.”
“It's difficult to attribute that to a single factor; the high cost of gas would have something to do with it. More importantly is the additional service.”
“It becomes a manual process with heavy radio traffic. It's slow, methodical, and reduces capacity to a fraction.”
“This could not have happened at a more unfortunate time.”
“Obviously there is concern about federal support to ensure they have the resources to keep the line in a state of good repair.”
“Normally there is a diversion of 2 to 3 percent. Instead we saw an increase. We bucked the trend and swung to get 5 percent.”
