Each weekday my uncle and cousin take the train in from New Jersey to get to their jobs in New York City. This week marked a new era for them and thousands of other train commuters with the introduction of New Jersey Transit’s first multilevel train car. It currently runs from Trenton to New York and yesterday, according to my family members, it was filled with (gasp!) happy commuters. The introduction of the new train car is the first step in a two-year effort that will result in putting 234 of the double-decker cars to use. The cars offer more … Continue reading →