The tour started at the West Side Station, which has an 800-carparking lot but which only sees about 200 cars per day. NealFitzsimmons, director of light rail service planning at New JerseyTransit, says it was better to build the lot over all the land theyhad, rather than have a smaller lot overlooking a vacantparcel.
The Liberty State Park station, across from the just-reopenedLiberty ScienceCenter, is one of the most popular stations. Its 1,400-carlot is always full, since it's just off of Exit 14C of theTurnpike.
The Light Rail has four stops along Jersey City's Gold Coast,which has been shooting up since well before the Light Rail camethrough. PATH terminals and ferries can get commuters over toManhattan, if their final destination isn't one of the Gold Coast'soffice towers. Frequent requests are made to construct a Light Railstop by the Target, Fitzsimmons says.
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