Category: Political Leaders
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Partisan politics appears to be heating up over the issue of the ARC Project with New Jersey Transit’s proposed deep-cavern terminal under 34th Street in Manhattan, which Gov. Christie has said will not be built. Asbury Park Press columnist Bob Ingle criticized Senator Frank Lautenberg for continuing to defend the proposal to build a deep-cavern…
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The Public Transportation Preservation Act of 2010 (S-3412) has been introduced in Congress. The bill would provide $2 billion in grants for cash-strapped transit providers around the nation so they can continue to operate transit service. Essentially every transit agency in the country, including New Jersey Transit, is having financial difficulties. The Lackawanna Coalition and…
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Gov. Christopher Christie has appointed new leaders for the New Jersey Department of Transportation and New Jersey Transit. The new commissioner of NJDOT is James Simpson, a New Yorker who started his transportation career in the trucking business. He was also Federal Transit Administrator from 2006 to 2009 in the Bush Administration. The commissioner of…
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