Commuters in New Jersey were given one more reason to dread morning rush hour, when New Jersey Transit on Sunday pre-emptively announced “residual delays” to its Monday morning service, and said that commuters could use their tickets on private bus and ferry services as well as PATH trains.
People tend to overestimate the capacity of highways. Generously a highway lane can handle 2000 cars per hour. Congestion and accidents obviously reduce this. Take away rail capacity, and...