For all who suffer the unbearable congestion on our most critical traffic artery, Interstate 95, the negotiations to add 10 extra trains to New London each day, for a total of 12, is great news ("DOT 'committed' to boost in Shore Line East service," Nov. 17). Each eight-car train can carry 832 passengers. Six full trains per day in each direction have the potential to take 4,992 round-trip passengers per day off I-95.
I call on the Department of Transportation to schedule six full, nonstop trains in each direction between Grand Central Terminal and waiting casino buses at Union Station relieving that congestion; providing metropolitan New York City casino patrons with fast, safe, convenient, reliable, economical access to their gaming tables; and bringing cruise ship customers through New London every day.
Is the DOT listening? The New London City Council?