At its meeting on Monday evening, the Lackawanna Coalition announced preliminary plans to increase our outreach to our communities; the counties and municipalities… Continue Reading Coalition Steps Up Community Outreach
Commentary The vote is in (as of August 31), and it is overwhelmingly favorable to a strike: the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and… Continue Reading Strike! (but not yet)
Commentary We congratulate NJ Transit on winning its most recent award, for 2023 Outstanding Public Transportation System, from APTA. As the third largest… Continue Reading Congratulations—But Wait!
Citizen advocate Adam Reich recently brought to our attention a major flaw in NJ Transit’s social media: the lack of ALT text for… Continue Reading What Is that Photo?
The Lackawanna Coalition realizes that many people are nervous about taking public transportation, and yet for the March to End Fossil Fuels on… Continue Reading LC Members Assist New Riders
A lot has been written about NJ Transit’s decision to sell its headquarters building and move to the expensive Gateway building, so there… Continue Reading Report from the Chair, Sept./Oct. 2023
The Lackawanna Coalition passed a resolution at its July meeting that calls on New Jersey Transit to save the Kingsland station, located on… Continue Reading Coalition Calls for Saving Kingsland Station
Coalition Chairperson Sally Jane Gellert came to rail advocacy through the environmental movement. She participated in the first Earth Day, back in 1970,… Continue Reading RUN for Better Trains and a Better Environment
NJ Transit recently donated an ALP-44 electric locomotive (No. 4424) to the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey. Although this is not a terribly old rail car, it is historic in that it represents both the first electric locomotives purchased new by the state of New Jersey and the first time the agency had…
At its June 26 meeting, the Lackawanna Coalition learned about a plan for the Princeton Dinky, the short branch that NJ Transit runs… Continue Reading TigerTrain: A Recent Proposal for the Princeton Dinky
