Citing “a history of conflict between these folks at the Port Authority,” Christie said that the way to resolve the feud between the states was “taking the Hatfields and McCoys and moving them to separate homes. Because they haven’t been able to get along with each other, despite my best efforts, the best efforts of Governor Cuomo, and many of our predecessors.”

via Should the Port Authority Be Split Up? – WNYC

This is ridiculous.

This article even points out that, Christie has blocked reform at the Port, while staffing it with political appointees who had no transportation experience.

So, Governor Christie wrecks the car by putting a political crony at the helm, then has the gaul to complain that the Port Authority is poorly run. This is reaching peak chutzpah.

Of course the Port Authority should be run better – so stop having the two Governors pick the Chairman and CEO’s and have a professional talent search pick the best and brightest leaders with a transit and transportation background.

A breakup would have a catastrophic affect on the tri-state, with redundancy upon redundancy created. This is exactly why Metro North, Long Island Rail Road and NJ Transit are more inefficient than if all three were combined under one railroad.