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  • Opinion: Things I Hope Don’t Happen Tomorrow

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    Donald Winship

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    Tomorrow night is the night NJ Transit has been planning for for a long time—the first Mass Transit Super Bowl. Having watched the process over the past few weeks and months as the final plans solidified, I saw several areas that frankly scare me. What are they? Well, listed below are what I’m praying doesn’t…

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  • Super Bowl Emphasizes Transit

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    John Bobsin

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    Transportation plans for 2014’s Super Bowl are coming into closer focus as the February 2 date approaches for the massive event, to be held in East Rutherford, N.J.  The Super Bowl typically attracts high-roller patrons who can afford the hefty ticket prices, but this one will be different, according to reporting by Matt Flegenheimer in The…

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  • Amtrak Trains to Make an Extra Stop at Secaucus Station for the Super Bowl

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    Donald Winship

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    Amtrak reported today that it would stop selected Northeast Corridor and Keystone trains at Secaucus Station on Sunday, February 2nd, for the Super Bowl game.  At Secaucus, customers will be able to take special shuttle trains operated by New Jersey Transit (NJT) to the Meadowlands Station, adjacent to the stadium.  This marks the first time…

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  • NJT Offers a Ticket Good Everywhere, But Only for Super Bowl Week

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    David Peter Alan

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    New Jersey Transit is offering a special ticket, good on NJT bus, rail, light rail and Access-Link paratransit. It is called the Super-Pass and offers unlimited transportation for eight days from Monday, Jan. 27 through Monday, Feb. 3. It costs $50 and can be purchased only on NJT’s website, www.njtransit.com, through Jan. 14. This one-time…

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  • NJT Super Pass on Super Bowl Weekend

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    John Bobsin

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    NJ Transit is gearing up for Super Bowl weekend.  To encourage transit use by the 400,000 visitors expected in the metropolitan area (only 80,000 of whom can fit in MetLife Stadium for the game itself), NJT plans to offer an unlimited-ride ticket called the Super Pass, good from January 27 through February 3, for a…

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  • Super Bowl Transit Plans Emerge

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    John Bobsin

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    Super Bowl 2014 at the MetLife Stadium in the Jersey Meadows on February 2 promises to set new records in public transportation, or perhaps in gridlock, which organizers hope to avoid.  This won’t just be any game at the Meadowlands, according to reporting by Nate Schweber in The New York Times (Dec. 10). For one…

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  • Transit Pushes Pepsi

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    John Bobsin

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    Pepsi ads on NJT for the Super Bowl will earn NJT $635,000, according to reporting by Mike Frassinelli (Star-Ledger, Sept. 26).  The ad agency involved will get another $400,000 or so from the deal.  Ads will appear at multiple stations, and on the backs and sides of buses and sides of rail cars.   Digital…

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  • Super Bowl Prompts Secaucus Upgrades

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    John Bobsin

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    Since service to the Meadowlands Sports Complex begain in 2009, business has been booming.  This is according to NJ Transit, which operates rail service from Hoboken via Secaucus to the Meadowlands station, but only when major sports or other events are happening.  Enter the Super Bowl, scheduled for the Meadowlands in February 2014.  How many…

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