Lackawanna Coalition

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  • FTA Sends Bill to NJT

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    Donald Winship

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    The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has sent a bill to New Jersey Transit for $271 million for money advanced to the agency for work on the ARC Project, which Gov. Christie scrapped last month. NJT Executive Director James Weinstein disputed the bill and also said that there will not be a fare increase to raise…

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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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  • 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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