Join Our Next Meeting!
Monday, September 23rd, 6:45–9:00 p.m.
Millburn Town Hall, 375 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, N.J.
Join us to hear from Jake Berman, author of The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been . We’ll go on a journey through past, present, and unbuilt urban transit to see why our current transit is so inadequate. The book is billed as “a sweeping visual history of North American public transit and urban development”—come along for the ride!
Millburn Conference Room is a great location for our in-person attendees. We’ll also be using Zoom for online participation. To join us by phone or computer, e-mail us at info@lackawannacoalition.org to get the Zoom registration information. Details here.
Kingsland Station: Don’t Close It!
NJ Transit has announced plans to close Kingsland Station. We are opposed. We have seen 30 or 40 people disembarking from a train at Kingsland, and it is right in the business district on Ridge Road, with a #76 bus stop right outside the station. Yes, the station building has been closed for years, but closed buildings can be reopened. Yes, Kingsland is not ADA-compliant—but neither are many NJT stations, and the agency has just spent millions on renovating Brick Church, Elizabeth, and Perth Amboy—what is wrong with Kingsland? Don’t riders at Kingsland Station deserve as much? Two small elevators would cover the major issue of those long staircases.
The Coalition has passed a resolution stating our opposition to the closing of Kingsland Station and our rationales, which you can find on our forum. We have already submitted our resolution to NJ Transit via their e-mail address for comments, kingsland@njtransit.com, and we have set up a page on this site where we will post updates and information.
Public Hearing, August 14th, Lyndhurst Town Hall
NJ Transit will hold the required public hearings on Wednesday, August 14th, at the Council Chambers of Lyndhurst Town Hall, Valley Brook Avenue. Written comments will be accepted through 11:59 p.m. August 14—the same day as the hearings—at this link or via e-mail to kingsland@njtransit.com.More about the Coalition
For general information check our forums—newsletters and Lackawanna Coalition meeting agendas are posted there in the General section. Members have access to more discussions in our forum.
