Bus riders frozen out as fight over snow removal leaves many NJ Transit stops packed in ice

[marmar]

Commuters getting on and off NJ Transit buses along highways in Bergen and Passaic counties have been climbing over boulders of ice and snow for the past week because no one seemed to know who was supposed to plow the bus stops.

One woman hung onto an NJ Transit bus stop sign that poked out of a mound of packed snow on Route 3 east at Passaic Avenue in Clifton as she waited for a bus to New York City on Tuesday morning. Others, grumbling about conditions at the bus stop, walked around the ice and onto a shoulder of the road to wait for a bus, with rush-hour traffic passing just inches away.

“My husband has offered to shovel just so that I could have a safe path,” said Krystal Graves of Nutley, who is four months pregnant, as she exited a bus on Route 3 west at Passaic Avenue in the afternoon. “But it’s not his job.” ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.northjersey.com/clifton/Clifton_bus_riders_to_continue_to_stand_on_snow_jammed_shoulders_along_Route_3.html#sthash.kgw2uEwJ.dpuf

[gordianot]

1. Did the mayors support Christie or it might just be a heavily Democratic area?