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Holland Tunnel
Title (Dublin Core)
Holland Tunnel
Description (Dublin Core)
My life has been greatly interrupted by the Covid-19. As of March 12th, 2020, everything around me came to a screeching halt and it was the last time I drove my car into Manhattan. New York and New Jersey began working in partnership during the Corona pandemic, Governor Phil Murphy and Governor Andrew Cuomo closed the states to prevent the spread of the Corona Virus. They both did a marvelous job in managing the spread of the virus and kept the public well informed. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is run by the Government with an office in Weehawken, New Jersey. They keep the region moving by, land, rail, and sea. Critical healthcare workers, first responders, and other essential workers were the pulse of cities, keeping the communities alive and functioning.
As of March 22nd, the Port Authority began collecting tolls exclusively by electronic and suspended cash toll collection between the states at the George Washington Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel and Holland Tunnel due to the safety and social distancing.
I live in the Newport Waterfront Development, a bedroom town just across the Hudson river, I am steps away from the Holland Tunnel. The tunnel was built in 1921 and it is a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River, and it connects Lower Manhattan in New York City to the east with Jersey City in New Jersey to the west. Normally over 100,000 vehicles pass through the Holland Tunnel daily. I was incredibly happy about the many reports concerning the air quality change and pollution were way down. With all health clubs and gyms closed, I began daily walks and it struck me that there were very few cars traveling into lower Manhattan during rush hour. What a sight to see, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 6:22 PM
As of March 22nd, the Port Authority began collecting tolls exclusively by electronic and suspended cash toll collection between the states at the George Washington Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel and Holland Tunnel due to the safety and social distancing.
I live in the Newport Waterfront Development, a bedroom town just across the Hudson river, I am steps away from the Holland Tunnel. The tunnel was built in 1921 and it is a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River, and it connects Lower Manhattan in New York City to the east with Jersey City in New Jersey to the west. Normally over 100,000 vehicles pass through the Holland Tunnel daily. I was incredibly happy about the many reports concerning the air quality change and pollution were way down. With all health clubs and gyms closed, I began daily walks and it struck me that there were very few cars traveling into lower Manhattan during rush hour. What a sight to see, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 6:22 PM
NYC, Holland Tunnel, Manhattan, Port Authority, No Traffic, Air Quality, Pollution, LongIslandCommunity
Date (Dublin Core)
April 8, 2020 18:22
Creator (Dublin Core)
Ruth D. Hunt
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Juilee Decker
Type (Dublin Core)
Photograph
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Environment & Landscape
English
Cities & Suburbs
English
Public Space
English
Government Local
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Manhattan
Holland Tunnel
port authority
pollution
roads
traffic cones
New Jersey
traffic toll
Collection (Dublin Core)
Environment
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
08/12/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
08/14/2020
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This item was submitted on August 12, 2020 by Juilee Decker using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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