Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

Month: March 2014

  • NJT Management Shakeup Rumored

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    John Bobsin

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    A week after NJ Transit Executive Director Jim Weinstein retired and was replaced by Veronique Hakim, rumors circulated about a “clean sweep” that would further shake up the agency’s  top management.  According to reporting by Mike Frassinelli in the Star-Ledger (March 5), the directors of NJT’s rail and bus operations are also about to be…

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  • NJT Names New Executive Director

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    Donald Winship

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    Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim replaced James W. Weinstein as New Jersey Transit’s Executive Director on March 1. She was hired at a special meeting of the NJT Board on Feb. 24, although neither she nor Weinstein were present.  Commissioner James S. Simpson praised her, and advocates hoped for positive changes at NJT.  They included this writer,…

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  • A Hoboken Cure for the Midtown Woes

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    Donald Winship

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    Opinion Does it seem like almost every other day that there is a delay on trains to New York? Based on data from NJ Transit’s e-mail alerts, there have been delays, more often than every third day, reported to this rider, whose home station is Mount Tabor, on the M&E Line west of Morristown! In the 92 days from…

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  • Raritan-New York Direct Service Begins

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    John Bobsin

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    No matter that there are only 5 trains a day each way.  No matter that they are only in mid-weekday hours, not at rush hours or on weekends.  No matter that the first train arrived packed with dignitaries, but at least 6 minutes late, no faster than the previous service.

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