Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

Category: NJT Management

  • Resolution: Give Us Information!

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    At the Coalition’s last meeting, we passed a resolution expressing our long-term frustration with the opacity of NJ Transit on just about any subject. The specific concerns this time (among many) are the 50% cut to peak-period River Line service and the ongoing issue of translucent or opaque windows on many rail cars, especially multilevel…

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  • A New NJT Headquarters?

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    commentary Recently it was reported that NJ Transit is going to move its headquarters from its owned building on one side of Newark Penn Station to leased space on the other side of the station. We were flummoxed to hear this—generally speaking, owing one’s “home” is not only considered the American Dream, but also gives…

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  • NJ Transit Board Announces Meeting Schedule

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    Webweaver

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    Unless otherwise indicated, meetings will be held at NJ TRANSIT’s Corporate Headquarters in Newark, New Jersey. The meetings will convene in the Board Room at NJ TRANSIT’s Headquarters, One Penn Plaza East, Ninth Floor, Newark, New Jersey.The specific dates and times are as follows: July 20, 2022 (3rd Wed.)August 2022September 21, 2022 (3rd Wed.)October 12,…

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  • Coalition Calls for Rider-Representatives on NJT Board

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    David Peter Alan

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    The Lackawanna Coalition has called for the addition of representatives of New Jersey Transit’s riders as voting members of NJT’s Board of Directors. Senators Raymond J. Lesniak (D-Union) and Nicholas J. Sacco (D-Hudson-Bergen) have proposed Senate Bill S-2084, which calls for voting representatives of the riding public; one for rail riders and the other for…

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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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  • Train Delays Top Priority for NJT: Riders

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    John Bobsin

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    Even as Veronique Hakim waited to be appointed NJ Transit’s new Executive Director, users of the state’s vast public transit system had some early advice for her, according to Larry Higgs, reporting in the Asbury Park Press and other Gannett newspapers: make the trains run on time, and stop the delays that have plagued riders…

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  • Assembly Hearing on Super Bowl Cancelled

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    John Bobsin

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    A hearing in Trenton on NJ Transit’s controversial performance on Super Bowl Sunday has been cancelled, reportedly  because NJ Transit, the National Football League, and MetLife Stadium refused to cooperate, according to statements by Assembly Transportation Committee chair Assemblyman John Wisniewski and reported by Karen Rouse in The Record newspaper (February 21).  The hearing had…

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  • Hakim Tapped as Weinstein Steps Down

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    John Bobsin

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    NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein has submitted his resignation and will leave his post by March 2, according to reporting by Karen Rouse in The Record (Feb. 18).  He will be replaced by Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim, currently executive director of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.  The transit agency has been controversial since flooding damaged…

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  • NJT Supervisor Nabbed in Bribe Case

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    John Bobsin

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    Observers and critics of NJ Transit sometimes wonder where all the agency’s budget goes.  In the case of snow removal at the Trenton Transit Center, the answer may  be “into a contract awarded not through competition, but through bribery”. According to reporting by Mike Frassinelli in the Star-Ledger (Nov. 22), the manager of station terminals…

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  • Christie’s Sandy Remarks Questioned

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    John Bobsin

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    NJT’s massive loss in Hurricane Sandy was caused by a bad decision by a low-level official, not by reliance on poor storm forecasts.  So said NJ Gov. Chris Christie, as reported by Karen Rouse in The Record newspaper (Oct. 3), after Christie met with The Record’s board that day.  The low-level employee “ditched” a plan…

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