After Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, NJ Transit belatedly realized that not all of its storage yards for rail equipment are storm-safe, after… Continue Reading Flood-Proof Yards Make Progress
The New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers (NJ-ARP) and local Princeton residents have gone to court to stop New Jersey Transit from cutting… Continue Reading NJT Shortens Princeton ‘Dinky’ Despite Ongoing Legal Challenges
Cooperation is a wonderful thing, whether between people, institutions or the two. On August 24, this writer had the pleasure of riding a… Continue Reading Report from the Chair, Sept./Oct. 2013
Following the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey Transit has put more emphasis on flood-proofing its storage yards. However, investigative reporting by… Continue Reading Reports: NJT Didn’t Follow Its Own Storm Plan during Sandy
NJT Repairs Line Quickly, But Substitute Bus Service Was Questionable Less than 10 months after Hurricane Sandy devastated NJ Transit’s rail operations, the… Continue Reading Gladstone Branch Service Disrupted by Washouts
Despite NJ Transit and Amtrak efforts, deaths of pedestrians on passenger-rail trackage in New Jersey continue to increase, according to reporting by Mark… Continue Reading Deaths on Tracks Surge
The Princeton Branch (otherwise known as the “Dinky”) will soon become Dinkier. New Jersey Transit will begin to remove the tracks and the… Continue Reading Princeton Dinky Getting Dinkier
NJ Transit will partner with the US Department of Energy to study the design a new kind of “electrical microgrid” to make the… Continue Reading “Microgrid” Eyed to Improve NJT Power
No Bus Service Offered West of Bernardsville Service on the western end of the Gladstone Branch was disrupted Thursday by a washout between… Continue Reading Gladstone Service Disrupted, But NJT Says It Will Be Back on Monday
It’s been almost 10 months since Hurricane Sandy devastated NJ Transit’s operations. Nearly all trains have since returned, but at the railroad’s iconic Hoboken… Continue Reading Hoboken Recovery: Restrooms to Reopen
