{"id":37828,"date":"2015-06-24T09:51:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T13:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/will-bill-fix-amtrak-problems-that-delay-commuters\/"},"modified":"2015-06-24T09:51:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T13:51:10","slug":"will-bill-fix-amtrak-problems-that-delay-commuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/will-bill-fix-amtrak-problems-that-delay-commuters\/","title":{"rendered":"Will bill fix Amtrak problems that delay commuters?","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10785\" style=\"margin: 4px 12px\" alt=\"Amtrak Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/amtrak_w_shadow_150px.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"66\" \/>NJ Transit commuters could see benefits from a bill proposed by U.S. Sens.\u00a0Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) to pump $6.6 billion over four years into Amtrak&#8217;s aging infrastructure, which could repair or replace some of the signals, overhead wire and track issues blamed for delays.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would add money to Amtrak&#8217;s budget to fix some of the nagging NEC infrastructure problems, such as signal problems which caused 30 minute delays to Amtrak and NJ Transit trains as recently as Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will help with the delays by improving signaling and the rail itself,&#8221; Booker said at a Monday press conference at Newark Penn Station with U.S. Senator Robert Menendez. &#8220;This will make somewhat of a difference and put resources in place for another (Hudson River) tunnel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/traffic\/index.ssf\/2015\/06\/will_booker_bill_fix_amtrak_problems_that_delay_commuters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NJ.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NJ Transit commuters could see benefits from a bill proposed by U.S. Sens.\u00a0Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) to pump $6.6 billion over four years into Amtrak&#8217;s aging infrastructure, which could repair or replace some of the signals, overhead wire and track issues blamed for delays. 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