Submitted by waynesmith22 t3_11fm3nj in Newark
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Polo1985 t1_jalj2hp wrote
Fix the fucking doors wtf , who the fuck goes there to enjoy the AC . They could’ve used the money to help the homeless. Who gives a shit if it’s cool in the summer.
Nexis4Jersey t1_jalp47p wrote
The 150,000 people who use a day... Being stuck in a station like Newark Penn without AC can be very dangerous...the system is old and needs to be replaced.. The Homeless issue is on the city/county to fund and address.
Polo1985 t1_jalvt6c wrote
Exactly 150,000 people and the doors don’t work. From what I’ve notice people wait mostly on the platforms. No one really waits around the station, not even on game nights. How are those doors not a hazard?, some are locked or blocked by people. It safer to get people in and out with the proper entrances and exits.
Nexis4Jersey t1_jalzjpz wrote
Installing Automatic doors would be nice, but so would installing turnstiles at least up to the platform areas.
Polo1985 t1_jamd3d3 wrote
I notice how long the platforms are I might be wrong but tracks 2 and 5 seem to be longer than the middle 3 and 4. More entrances and waiting areas that are properly ventilated along those might work. But let’s face it we got them new silver doors lol that’s their improvement
Nexis4Jersey t1_jamehhb wrote
The Long term goal is to restore the southern portion of the station, which would allow for 2 full length trains to occupy each track. Only track 5 can fully handle that at the moment. The Southern portion will also be connected to Prudential via a New Bridge and Station head house.
2kool4tv t1_jalxrxw wrote
As a daily commuter. I do sir lol. And the smell of ass due to stale air is why I can’t enjoy the AC
Polo1985 t1_jamaq78 wrote
It doesn’t smell in the big waitiing room or the platforms, whats there to enjoy at penn? The air? Are you kidding me, this is sadly the kind of place where you go and get out asap, it’s over crowded as hell. It stinks around the bathroom and the McDonald’s. Sometimes it does stink but it’s because we are so close to the water, a lot of it it’s swamp water. No amount of AC is going to help that. The air issue is so trivial. The day the place needs to get evacuated in case of a serious event there will sadly be deaths due to the outdated exits and entrances. If you go to Penn please plan so you are there as little as possible it’s not safe. Also fuck those metrocrd machines for the path lol hop that shit whenever you can.
shemague t1_jam9y3j wrote
Also omg if u r waiting for a train in that summer heat where u have to sit and wait and not just go to njt or path…happened to me last year and it was practically unbearable
shemague t1_jam9t5j wrote
Those of us that use the building…..?
Polo1985 t1_jamcmb0 wrote
We are surrounded by water and swamp no amount of AC is going to make it enjoyable. Just take a walk on market street in the summer it’s like satans armpits. Close the 711 and give us safe passage ways.
Jimmy_kong253 t1_jam9wx2 wrote
Give me a break so far this renovation looks like a joke. Right now they are replacing the brown doors on the platform with silver doors.
Polo1985 t1_jamcbp8 wrote
I saw that, they are putting all of us in danger. The station needs remodeling.
Jimmy_kong253 t1_jamgvm5 wrote
I mean so far since I'm here everyday I've seen them power wash the front building and clean tiles and they're real hell bent on these benches to the point of obsession. You have peeling paint once you get up on the platform you have giant cracks and raised areas on them. As far as the air conditioning goes the only benefit to me is you wont have a smelly homeless person standing in front of the mobile air conditioners that is horrific
Nwk_NJ t1_jaw6jp6 wrote
Just fix the damn station already...make it a God damn modern station becoming of a major city. And allow access to the main front door and bathrooms 24/7. If there is a drug and homeless problem, clean it up.
Enough already with the half stepping BS. But glad they are fixing the AC. Should help the place with better circulation.
avd706 t1_jakg204 wrote
The homes and crazies will be happy.
shemague t1_jama4ib wrote
Not the hundreds of thousands of people who use it in a day, tho? Like what kind of person is it that their brains directly go to the ten homeless people over the 150k a day? Odd
surrealchemist t1_jamkbjp wrote
AC isn't just about temperatures, its also about clean air. The better the air circulates the lower the chance of airborne disease. I also have a feeling when they have all these plans they don't just do them one at a time. The AC people aren't going to be the same guys who fix doors.