Transit users pay fares. Highway users (sometimes) pay tolls. Transit users have often wondered how much of the fares they pay go to… Continue Reading Toll Collection: Not Free
The Tappan Zee Bridge has carried the New York Thruway across the Hudson River for 57 years. Designed for 100,000 vehicles per day,… Continue Reading No-Transit Tappan Zee Controversy Continues
Increasingly, transportation experts and politicians are getting behind a new trans-Hudson rail tunnel plan, the so-called Gateway project, according to Steve Strunsky, reporting… Continue Reading “Gateway” Project Gains Traction
Quoted on radio station WNYC (June 14), New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority chair Joseph Lhota says that there are solutions to the capacity… Continue Reading MTA Chair Lhota Champions Cooperation
Conditions were returning to normal at about 7 p.m. on June 14, as PATH service to World Trade Center resumed following President Obama’s… Continue Reading June 14: PATH Closure Ends at 7 p.m.
In August 2011, Hurricane Irene struck the New Jersey area. One of the casualties was the River Line light rail of NJ Transit,… Continue Reading River Line Repairs Enter Final Stage
Several months ago, NJ Transit modified its bicycle-on-board-trains policy to prohibit use of bicycles at stations that do not have high-level platforms; this… Continue Reading New Bike Policy: NJT Gives Back, Takes Away
The weekend of May 19–20, boosted by several music festivals, resulted in the second-highest train ridership totals in NJ Transit’s history, according to… Continue Reading Weekend Festivals Spark High Ridership
As a result of a first-of-its-kind exercise for NJ Transit, the agency is proposing cuts in 11 bus lines, which NJT says are… Continue Reading 11 Bus Lines Targeted for Cutbacks
More than two years ago, NJ Transit changed its policy on the use of trains by bicyclists, publishing (in timetables) rules that restricted… Continue Reading Bicycle Policy Under Review