Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

Month: March 2024

  • Coming Attractions for Meeting Presentations

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    This month we welcome Gregory Woods and Joseph Tassiello from NJ Transit’s light-rail division. In April, we have a milestone anniversary—the Lackawanna Coalition celebrates 45 years of advocacy! Then in May, AlanDrake joins us in person, all the way from New Orleans, to discuss rail from an international perspective. June brings us Lackawanna Coalition Treasurer…

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  • SCDRTAC Commemorates Its Fortieth Anniversary

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    David Peter Alan

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    The Senior Citizens and Disabled Residents Transportation Advisory Committee (SCDRTAC) at NJ Transit commemorated its fortieth anniversary at its scheduled meeting on Monday, Jan. 22. All Committee members are seniors, some with disabilities, or younger persons with disabilities. They come from North, Central, and South Jersey, and they represent a number of different disabilities, as…

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  • Report from the Chair

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    This has been a busy month for the Coalition; plans for congestion pricing in New York City’s “Central Business District” raised questions about equitable funding, limiting air pollution and clogged streets, and the potential for simply transferring the traffic and parking demand to new areas (the basis for Bergen County’s suit); Dave Alan discusses the…

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  • Fare Increase Proposed

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    As this issue went to press, we were just days away from the first hearing on NJ Transit’s announced plan for a 15% fare increase in July and a 3% annual increase thereafter. Much of our February meeting was devoted to the topic, and we were prepared to speak at some of the hearings. We…

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  • Congestion Pricing Dispute Keeps Courts Busy

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    David Peter Alan

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    Former Lackawanna Coalition Chair Albert L. Papp often refers to the river that physically divides New Jersey and New York as the “Hudson Ocean.” The ongoing dispute over New York’s congestion pricing plan to impose tolls on vehicles entering Manhattan’s Central Business District (CBD), defined as south of 60th Street, seems to affirm Papp’s moniker…

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