From our September/October 2010 Railgram newsletter How the ARC Project Can Be “Right-sized” into the Moynihan/Penn Station First Alternative Can the currently planned… Continue Reading Use It or Lose It?
New Jersey Transit will honor off-peak rail tickets sold before May 1st, the date when discounted off-peak rail fares were eliminated. NJT had… Continue Reading NJT Will Honor Off-Peak Rail Tickets
The Lackawanna Coalition has endorsed the concept of the Moynihan Station planned for the Farley Post Office building west of Eighth Avenue in… Continue Reading Coalition Calls for Moynihan Station in Manhattan, but With Changes
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… Continue Reading Transit Funding Bill Introduced in Congress
The New Jersey Transit Board of Directors voted to raise peak-hour and commuter-rail fares, as well as interstate bus fares, by 25%. Off-peak… Continue Reading NJT Drastically Raises Rail Fares
Gov. Christopher Christie has appointed new leaders for the New Jersey Department of Transportation and New Jersey Transit. The new commissioner of NJDOT… Continue Reading Governor Appoints New Transportation Leaders
The plan to extend the existing Penn Station into the historic Farley Post Office Building on the west side of Eighth Avenue received… Continue Reading Moynihan Station Plan Gets Stimulus Funding
New Jersey Transit has proposed drastic fare increases to fill an alleged $300 million budget shortfall during the next fiscal year. In addition,… Continue Reading NJT Proposes Massive Fare Hikes with Service Cuts
Former NJT Executive Director Richard Sarles has been named as the interim head of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA, otherwise known… Continue Reading Sarles Named to Head D.C. Metro
Funding for transportation for senior citizens and persons with disabilities will be increased. The bill that will raise the portion of the Casino… Continue Reading Increase in Funding for Transportation for Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Becomes Law
