Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

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  • Report on Yesterday’s Adventures

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    John Bobsin

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    Mostly Fighting with Ticket Vending Machine We planned a fairly complicated agenda yesterday, around a visit to the N.Y. Botanical Garden holiday train show in the Bronx.  Read on. We needed to catch an early train, so we aimed for the 7:06 a.m. from Basking Ridge. With resurging ridership, the 30 or so free parking…

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  • PANYNJ Lease Deal Fracas May Affect Fares

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    John Bobsin

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    A controversial deal in which the Port Authority leased the North Bergen park-and-ride lot to NJ Transit for just one dollar a year may be coming undone, and it may have implications for NJ Transit fares, according to reporting in the Star-Ledger by Steve Strunsky (March 20).  The deal is under scrutiny because of conflicts-of-interest…

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  • NJT Proposes Privatized Station Parking

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    Donald Winship

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    New Jersey Transit is considering privatizing up to 60% of the parking facilities it now operates and has requested proposals from interested operators; 10 companies have responded, according to the Bergen Record (Nov. 18, by Larry Higgs).  The program, announced originally by NJT Executive Director James Weinstein in June, has the goal of increasing revenue to NJT;…

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