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  • NJ Transit Takes a “Fare Holiday”

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    David Peter Alan

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    NJ Transit gave a late-summer present to its riders: 8 days of service without charging fares. The “fare holiday” ran from Monday, August 26, through the following Monday, which was Labor Day. Commuters who had already paid fortheir August monthly pass got a 25% discount for September. Gov. Phil Murphy ordered the week of free…

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  • Funding Increase Coming for Northeast Corridor; Benefits Our Trains, Too

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    Donald Winship

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    The New Jersey Legislature has authorized funding for Northeast Corridor (NEC) improvements of $35.7 million for fiscal year 2013—an 81% increase over the $19.7 million originally proposed by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.  The NEC line is important for rail riders in our area, because Midtown Direct trains on the Morris & Essex, Montclair-Boonton, and Gladstone trains use…

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  • Coalition Calls for Affordable Trans-Hudson Project

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    John Bobsin

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    Coalition Calls for Affordable Trans-Hudson Project, As Feds Demand “ARC” Money Back from NJT Just as the Lackawanna Coalition made the case in New England for an affordable project that would bring a new rail tunnel into New York’s Penn Station to improve regional connectivity, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) reiterated its demand that New…

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  • Coalition Helps Connect New England by Rail

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    John Bobsin

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    “We CAN Connect New England by Rail” was the theme of a conference held in New Haven on April 29, and members of the Lackawanna Coalition helped with the effort.  This writer moderated a panel on “Connecting New England with South of New York”.  Technical Director Joseph M. Clift described our proposal for building a…

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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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  • Coalition Member Presents Coalition Position on NJN-TV

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    Donald Winship

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    Joseph M. Clift, chair of the Technical Committee of the Lackawanna Coalition, appeared on New Jersey Network on Sunday, September 26th, to present the position of the rider advocacy alliance concerning the ARC Project. Clift presented the Moynihan/Penn Station First alternative and its benefits to New Jersey’s rail riders, and concluded by inviting Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) to take the…

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