Biden Tours PATH Damage, Pushes 'Resilient' Transit Infrastructure
Vice President Joe Biden visits Hoboken on Sunday afternoon after touring damage in Seaside Heights.
Hoboken and its transit hub should be rebuilt to be more resistant to future storms, Vice President Biden said during a Sunday tour of Sandy damage in New Jersey. Biden said that it was “absolutely critical” to get Hoboken’s terminal and the whole transit system running. The Hoboken PATH station, which is used by tens of thousands of people every day, has been closed since Sandy's surge overtook it. It's still unclear when it will reopen. When rebuilding the transit system, “we have to make it much more resilient.” The tunnels to and from New York City, Biden said, average about 100 years old. “We have to spend much more time and attention to rebuilding the infrastructure of this nation,” Biden said. After touring the devastated PATH …
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3:50 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
I'am actually a democrat that does not like Obama. I was on my break at work and my co workers were talking to me as I was typing. more ›