On December 15th, I attended a virtual meeting of a Stakeholder Advisory Committee on the Essex2045 plan for the next 20 years of… Continue Reading Essex2045 Plan Moves Forward
On October 24, David Antonio, Director of Planning for Essex County, came to the Lackawanna Coalition meeting to present Essex County’s “Essex 2045”… Continue Reading Essex County Transportation Plan 2045 Comes to Lackawanna Coalition
In part reacting to the recent fatal train wreck on Metro-North Railroad, NJ Transit announced on April 8 that they would spend half… Continue Reading NJT Plans Safety Review
Despite an ongoing weekend shutdown of World Trade Center service, PATH may miss its own safety program deadlines, according to a report in… Continue Reading PATH May Miss Safety Target
Responding to a Federal Railway Administration (FRA) critique of the railroad’s “safety culture”, which the FRA characterized as “deficient”, Metro-North (M-N) Railroad president… Continue Reading M-N: Heavy Demand May Have Affected Safety
A Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) study of operations at Metro-North Railroad has concluded that the rail line suffers from a “deficient safety culture” that… Continue Reading Feds Hit Metro-North on Safety
Two weeks after Metro-North (M-N) Railroad’s fatal crash on December 1, questions continue to surface regarding the railroad’s attention to safety. Significant changes… Continue Reading Metro-North Safety Commitment Questioned
Following the fatal train wreck on December 1, the United States Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on December 12 ordered an “extraordinarily rare” review… Continue Reading US Orders Metro-North Safety Review
Acting quickly on December 8 after the Federal Railway Administration ordered enhanced safety precautions following the fatal Metro-North crash on December 1, Metro-North… Continue Reading Metro-North to Upgrade Signals After Wreck
The National Transportation Safety Board’s on-site team investigating the December 1 fatal crash on Metro-North Railroad has completed its initial work and has… Continue Reading Safety Board Reports on Crash Investigation
