GerogeJ, when the monorail service is shut down completely in a few weeks (after the Labor Day holiday weekend), a fleet of 50 to 80 busses will be running multiple routes to move people between the terminals and parking/rental/shuttle stops. The Port Authority now seems to be openly acknowledging that, by having waited until the end of the summer travel season, they have pushed the re-opening back into January 2001 (at least).

The NY Times ran a big story on just this subject in last Sunday's Travel section - the article is still up on the NYT site at the link below (free registration required):
http://www.nytimes.com/library/trave.../pt000813.html


Another atricle by the Bregen NJ Record, from last month - and note the mention of the free soft drinks!
http://www.bergen.com//news/airportdm200007063.htm


Finally, a not-that-informative alert from the Port Authority itself:
http://www.panynj.gov/aviation/monorailframe1.htm

BTW, I had an experience similar to the one you reported with stuck doors and all - see my trip report below to read about our tax dollars at work:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum81/HTML/000976.html




[This message has been edited by Non-NonRev (edited 08-18-2000).]