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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Sep 30 21:02:56 2014 On Sunday, I took a day off to myself, and set about downtown Newark to do a little amateur photography. Of course, Newark Penn and the Light Rail were things I wanted to take pics of, so I made my way to the Pennsylvania Railroad's Art Deco station on Market Street. Of course, after just a few minutes of snapping away at NJT trains, Acelas and Keystones, an NJT worker approached me and said "they can see you taking pictures, you need permission for that." I dutifully asked where or from whom I might obtain such "permission", and was first directed to an NJT cop hanging out near the Dunkin' Donuts (where else), who directed me to the Amtrak Passenger services office, where the young lady at the desk, predictably, told me she couldn't give me permission to take pictures, even for my own personal use.Having no luck at Penn, I decided to get some pics of Newark Light Rail along Broad Street, being careful to take my pics from public sidewalks, not Light Rail stations. While I was standing opposite the Bears/Eagles stadium, in a public area, the trolley operator saw me, stopped his car, and admonished me that I "needed permission" to take pictures of his train. I asked him, "From the street? He insisted he knew what he was talking about. I tried telling everyone about NJT's stated policy, which is as follows (per nycsubway.org, and other sources, all of whom say JT ended the requirement for photography permission in 2005): New Jersey Transit: Quote from a letter from George Warrington, Executive Director of NJ Transit, dated 12/30/2005: Effective immediately, we will return to our historic practice, which enables hobbyists and other non-commercial photographers to take pictures in public areas throughout the NJ Transit system without obtaining permission or providing prior notice. There will also continue to be no restrictions on journalists in public areas of the system. Why are NJT people still insisting I need permission to photograph their trains, even from a public street? |
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