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  • Report from the Chair

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    Budget season is in full swing in Trenton, and as April turned to May Legislative Director Vito Havrilla presented remarks at a Senate hearing. These have been posted to our website and forum. Kevin Corbett appeared at a later hearing and admitted that fare increases are on the table despite the governor’s denial. The last…

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  • NJ Transit Board Announces Meeting Schedule

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    Webweaver

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    Unless otherwise indicated, meetings will be held at NJ TRANSIT’s Corporate Headquarters in Newark, New Jersey. The meetings will convene in the Board Room at NJ TRANSIT’s Headquarters, One Penn Plaza East, Ninth Floor, Newark, New Jersey.The specific dates and times are as follows: July 20, 2022 (3rd Wed.)August 2022September 21, 2022 (3rd Wed.)October 12,…

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  • Report from the Chair, Mar./Apr. 2022

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    Sally Jane Gellert

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    We were pleased to see Board Member James Adams again take seriously his responsibility to oversee the NJ Transit budget, and vote against the typically opaque presentation. From charts that mislead (e.g., showing claimed “savings” and showing only tips of the bars, which hides the actual magnitude), to larger-than-previous transfers from capital to operating costs,…

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  • Executive Director: More Changes Coming to NJT

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    Donald Winship

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    Aside from announcing that Quiet Commute Cars will soon be offered on trains to and from Hoboken during midday hours on weekdays, New Jersey Transit Executive Director Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim said there are some other changes coming to the agency soon.

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  • Simpson Trashes NJT Staff Off-Peak Report

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    John Bobsin

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    “I threw the report in the garbage,” said NJ state transportation commissioner and NJ Transit board chairman Jim Simpson, referring to a report for NJ Transit rail operations saying that off-peak discounts for rail riders were not viable “for capacity reasons,” according to reporting by Mike Frassinelli in the Star-Ledger (March 13). “I don’t think…

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  • Panel to Investigate NJT Super Bowl Performance

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    John Bobsin

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    New Jersey Transit’s performance on Super Bowl Sunday remains controversial, after it took hours longer than expected for thousands of fans to be transported after the game.  NJT has congratulated itself on handling far more customers than expected, but that hasn’t placated riders who couldn’t leave the stadium station for hours after the final play. …

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  • NJT’s Board and Executive Director Honor Jim Raleigh

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    Donald Winship

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    At its meeting on Nov. 13, the New Jersey Transit Board of Directors paid tribute to the late James T. Raleigh (1934-2013), who had served as the Lackawanna Coalition’s Legislative Director for seven years prior to his death. Commissioner and Board Chair James S. Simpson and NJT Executive Director James W. Weinstein praised Raleigh for…

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  • NJT Secrecy Under Fire

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    John Bobsin

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    NJ Transit’s methods for settling personal-injury lawsuits and other legal claims against it, as well as managing its insurance program, have come under fire.  According to reporting by Karen Rouse of The Record and reported in the Star-Ledger (Sept. 12), the railroad has not voted in public on such issues in years.  The votes apparently come…

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  • New Leadership Coming to NJ Transit

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    Donald Winship

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    Governor-elect Chris Christie has appointed new leaders for the New Jersey Department of Transportation and NJ Transit.  His choice for transportation commissioner is Jim Simpson, a New Yorker who was federal transit administrator in the Bush administration from 2006 until 2009.  Simpson is familiar with the ARC Project and other NJT capital projects, as well…

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  • NJT Promises No “Major” Cuts for Year

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    Donald Winship

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    NJT Executive Director Richard Sarles said at the corporation’s board meeting in July that the 2009–2010 budget called for no “major” service reductions, despite a cut in aid from the State.  The Lackawanna Coalition remains skeptical of this claim, since the 2008 elimination of more than 40% of off-peak service on the Morris & Essex…

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