PATHSUX - An Independent Survey of PATH Train Service

Wall of SHAME !
User comments about PATH service (or lack thereof)

What YOU think PATH's top priorities should be:
Do something to accommodate all of the people getting on PATH from NWK, JSQ, and the parking lots at Harrison. They are clogging the system and people further down the line can't even fit on the train! There should be a surcharge at those far away stations to pay for more train service. 
The 'new' blue trains have less poles and handrails/handles than the old trains!
The average woman is 5'-4" and can't reach the overhead bars!
Have the TV's display useful info like when the next train will arrive, instead of "NBC Propaganda".  
Resume direct service overnight & weekends (eliminate Hoboken layover) 
Inform users in stations about train delays & outages 
Add bike/stroller turnstiles to all stations 
Please reduce the volume on recorded (useless) PSAs 
Digital Timetable at stations of when trains arrive/depart!!!!!! 
Remove cars with little or no Air conditioning 
Smoother ride; less start/stop! 
Improve weekend service greatly 
lower the fucking temperature at 23rd street befored someone dies 
show "next train arriving in X minutes" notification 
cut employees pay they make way too much 
Keep back door of JSQ station open after 11PM 
give the hoboken to 33rd service on weekends back 
Add cell phone reception to check status of PATH trains as well as MTA train delays, etc. 
speak with the MTA about adding turnstiles to subways to smartink users in NJ can use their cards on the NYC transit system 
put real information on the millions of LCD screens they just installed instead of pointless NBC promos 
Sticking to the printed schedule 
Use the TVs for something other than ads for NBC 
Freaking Trash CANS 
EXtend to Newark Airport 
Add More Seats In Station 
Clean the cars. The bums sleep on the seats and piss all over them selves. The seats are wet and the cars smell 
Upgrade SIGNALS (not switches) so trains can run closer together 
more elevators (Grove specifically) 
Coordinate with NJ Transit schedules 
Build New Tunnel 
Same as NY subway system 
fix WTC exit and entrance on vescey st 
24/7 full size bike access (increased capacity to compensate space) 
Fix the frequency and capacity now! 
Notify people BEFORE they pay their fare of problems on the lines that could cause disruptions 
get rid of PSAs please! 
Send PATH alerts out immediately, as soon as an incident occurs. Information in PATH Alerts is almost always stale/useless. 
Make new handicapp/disable signs. 
tailor service to event like the subway does. If there is a rangers or yankees mets game getting out late, plan to have servcie so those people aren't waiting forever on the platform 
add in poles to new trains and handrails. there is nothing to hold onto once all seats are taken 
Direct JSQ-33 on Weekends!!! 
bike capacity in trains 
Add a timing mechanism so we know how long we have to wait for the next train 
anything that increases ridership capacity somethings gotta give 
ADD GARBAGE CANS TO STATIONS!!! 
Increased trains on the weekends and late night. They are always packed! 
Resume direct weekend service Hoboken-WTC 
ticket machines on platforms, show maps w NYT sys connections, 
get the conductors to pull up to the station at the appropriate place for the COMMUTER and not the beginning of the platform in effect shoving a bunch of ppl into the last train (ppl that should've been spread out through the last 2-3 cabs) 
Ventilation in Station. Presently harmful to ones health! 
Fix the A/C on all trains so I don't walk off the train like I took a shower. Get rid of the useless train conductor space and modernize the trains like the NYC subways. RUN MORE TRAINS!!! 
Test and improve air quality. 
make smart cards out of better quality material. i have gone through 3 in about a year, at $5 each. they stay stiffly between other cards in my wallet and done't move, but somehow get "damaged" after a few months of use. totally unaccepttable. at least replace them free of charge. 
Stop running AHEAD of schedule. Trains are often 3 MINUTES ahead of schedule on the NWK to WTC line during weekends. So that, when I arrive in the station 2 min ahead of schedule, I won't miss my train and have to wait 17 MINUTES for the next one! 
clean the cars more frequently - they always smell like urine 
Safely speed up train movement through Hoboken / Newport caisson. 
Signs 
less of a wait for overnight service 
PLEASE INSTALL FANS AT THE 9TH ST STOP. PLEEEEASE 
TV's at station should tell you when the next trains are arriving. 
improve the quality of voiced announcements and or put them on the over amount of tv screens in the stations 
the agent that help are in most case useless. I try to look for a path worker they seem to know what is going on. 
install garbage cans in stations 
It is imperative that there should be no layover for Journal Square riders. Make all stations handicap accessible (isn't this the law? (no money? - They spent $12 million to build a set of STAIRS at Grove Street!) 
Add new SIGNALs -- new SWITCHES won't do a damn thing. 
Add new PATH entrance at Newport 
use video monitors to track delays/schedule of next arriving train 
STOP those annoying PSAs. 
Cars are filthy! Clean them! 
more wheelchair access!!!! 
MOVE THE TRAINS OUT AS FAST AS THE WORLD TRADE TRAINS JOURNAL SQUARE JSUT SITTS THERE WAITITNG AND GETTING MORE AND MORE CROWDED 
stay on schedule 
more security 
up grade entire system 
Clean the trains and stations 
Put an indicator on platforms for when the next train is arriving in Hoboken 
The new PATH trains SUCK 
increase service in newark 
provide a smoother ride 
fix the train speakers... can never understand what the conductor says 
None 
Increase frequency of trains at night and weeknds period. There is no excuse to run trains every 25 minutes that are overcrowded. Every 15 min TOPS... 

 

 

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