Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

  • More Cuts in Newark Light Rail Service

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    Donald Winship

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    New Jersey Transit again reduced service on the Newark Light Rail LIne between Penn Station and Broad Street Station on Labor Day week-end.  Weekday service outside of peak hours now runs only every 30 minutes, increasing waiting times for transfer between Morris & Essex and Montclair-Boonton Line trains and the light rail to Penn Station. …

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  • Opposition to Deep-Cavern Terminal Grows

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    Donald Winship

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    New Jersey opinion leaders are joining the Lackawanna Coalition and other rider advocates in opposing the proposed deep-cavern terminal that would be built 20 stories below Manhattan’s 34th Street as part of the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) Project.  Columnists Paul Mulshine of the Star-Ledger and Bob Ingle of the Asbury Park Press have written in opposition to…

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  • Big Contractor Gets Big Bucks from NJT

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    Donald Winship

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    Despite the highest fare increases in the history of New Jersey Transit, implemented along with service cuts in May, LTK Engineering of Ambler, Penn. has been awarded a contract that would pay between $92,000 and $96,000 to inspect each of 100 new multi-level railcars that NJT is buying.  There are already 329 similar cars on…

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  • Riders Get Fare Hikes, Consultants Get Big Bucks

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    Donald Winship

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    From our September/October 2010 Railgram newsletter  Regular riders on the Morris & Essex Lines are all too aware of the fare increases, along with service reductions, that New Jersey Transit implemented this past spring.  Yet this belt-tightening doesn’t go across the board; the most dramatic illustration is NJT’s insistence on building a new “deep cavern” terminal in…

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  • Use It or Lose It?

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    Donald Winship

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    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 Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) project, which would build a dead-end deep-cavern terminal 20 stories (181’) beneath 34th Street in Manhattan, be right-sized into rail advocates’ Moynihan/Penn Station First alternative, which…

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  • NJT Will Honor Off-Peak Rail Tickets

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    Donald Winship

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    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 originally announced that tickets would no longer be accepted after May 23d, even though they were sold as “good until used” with no provision for refunds for tickets that had previously been…

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  • Coalition Calls for Moynihan Station in Manhattan, but With Changes

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    Donald Winship

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    The Lackawanna Coalition has endorsed the concept of the Moynihan Station planned for the Farley Post Office building west of Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, across the street from the existing Penn Station, but has not endorsed the plan in its current form.  We call for all tracks to be extended to accommodate trains of any…

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  • Transit Funding Bill Introduced in Congress

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    Donald Winship

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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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  • NJT Drastically Raises Rail Fares

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    Donald Winship

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    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 rail fares will be increased by 47%, although some will increase by as much as 64%.  There wil also be some cuts in rail service, including several trains on the M&E and…

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  • Governor Appoints New Transportation Leaders

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    Donald Winship

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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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