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
New Jersey’s budget for Fiscal 2024, which starts on July 1st, was approved on the last day of June. This year’s budget approval… Continue Reading No Changes for NJT Budget; $12M for Private Bus Carriers
For the first time in 2 years, the NJ Transit board met in person on April 13, 2022. Much was the same: security… Continue Reading Report from the Chair
New Jersey Transit eliminated 4 bus lines running in Newark and Bloomfield, while cutting service on other lines in the area. The cuts will take… Continue Reading NJT Cuts Bus Service; Coalition Objects
The town of Livingston, which has no direct rail service, plans to institute a “jitney” feeder service from the Livingston Mall to the… Continue Reading Livingston Plans New Feeder Service to M&E
As a result of a first-of-its-kind exercise for NJ Transit, the agency is proposing cuts in 11 bus lines, which NJT says are… Continue Reading 11 Bus Lines Targeted for Cutbacks
More than two years ago, NJ Transit changed its policy on the use of trains by bicyclists, publishing (in timetables) rules that restricted… Continue Reading Bicycle Policy Under Review
New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Jim Simpson suggested on May 9 that some NJT buses might pick up passengers on the streets of Manhattan,… Continue Reading NJT Buses May Roam Manhattan
New Jersey Transit has ordered 158 high-floor buses, in contrast to other transit providers, which have switched to low-floor buses. The low-floor models… Continue Reading NJT Bucks Trend; Orders High-Floor Buses