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In reply to the discussion: Progressive journalist Eric Boehlert dies in bike accident - great loss [View all]Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)127. He is a member of the Montclair Social Club, which is near the intersection in question
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/essex/montclair/2022/04/11/eric-boehlert-bike-accident-train-killed-montclair-nj-transit/7275044001/
NJ Transit says gates were down when Boehlert killed, but residents call crossing sketchy
Mark Montimurro, whose apartment overlooks the crossing, said that when a New York-bound train stops at the nearby Watchung Avenue station, the gates across North Fullerton go down and then rise again after about a minute, what he calls a "fakeout." As the train leaves that station and approaches North Fullerton, the gates lower again.
Evan Cutler, who lives near the crossing and often bikes through it, said "a lot of the time the arms go down and nothing happens and then they come back up. It seems very unreliable, like the boy who cried wolf," he said.
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As of 2017, 84% of NJ Transit trains had forward-facing cameras, according to a release by the agency.
NJ Transit says gates were down when Boehlert killed, but residents call crossing sketchy
Mark Montimurro, whose apartment overlooks the crossing, said that when a New York-bound train stops at the nearby Watchung Avenue station, the gates across North Fullerton go down and then rise again after about a minute, what he calls a "fakeout." As the train leaves that station and approaches North Fullerton, the gates lower again.
Evan Cutler, who lives near the crossing and often bikes through it, said "a lot of the time the arms go down and nothing happens and then they come back up. It seems very unreliable, like the boy who cried wolf," he said.
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As of 2017, 84% of NJ Transit trains had forward-facing cameras, according to a release by the agency.
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Progressive journalist Eric Boehlert dies in bike accident - great loss [View all]
cilla4progress
Apr 2022
OP
Then my next question is, what compelled him to go for a bicycle ride at 9:40 PM at night in rain?
ffr
Apr 2022
#110
I'm not going to follow your distraction with the car, but you just justified the absurdity, as you
ffr
Apr 2022
#113
He is a member of the Montclair Social Club, which is near the intersection in question
Effete Snob
Apr 2022
#127
I agree with your assessment of the location on N. Fullerton Ave. The train was enroute from Hoboken
Liberal In Texas
Apr 2022
#119
That's crazy!! I don't listen much anymore. But I don't think she had her that
Carlitos Brigante
Apr 2022
#72
This silence will echo. May it plant many seeds among those who admire Eric. n/t
TygrBright
Apr 2022
#36
OMG-Devastating. I feel like I did when Wellstone died. Terrible loss.and Fucker Tucker lives.
Pepsidog
Apr 2022
#47