Newark officials have issued a Request for Expressions of Interest in the Broad Street Station area.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker has identified the revitalization of the Broad Street Station District as a top priority for the City, and has released a detailed concept plan, dubbed the “Living Downtown,” for approximately 50 acres surrounding the Broad Street [...]
April 2 – 4 marked New Jersey’s annual transportation extravaganza, TransAction 2008. Held in Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal Casino, the conference attracts the who’s who of transportation from Commissioners to departmental staff, local officials to advocates, and everyone in between.
A highlight of the conference for TSTC was the panel entitled NJFIT: What Happens Next? Is [...]
NJ Transit executive director Richard Sarles christens a Go25 bus this morning. U.S. Rep. Donald Payne and others look on.
Newark bus trips accounted for 23.8% of all NJ Transit ridership in 2006. On Monday, April 7, thousands of Newark bus riders will begin to see some long-awaited improvements as NJ Transit unveils two new [...]
NJ state legislators in Trenton have introduced three bills which would go hand-in-hand in protecting pedestrians in crosswalks:
Introduced by Assemblymember Linda Stender and co-sponsored by Assemblymembers John Wisniewski, Jon Bramnick and Ruben Ramos, A1329 requires drivers to stop and remain stopped to allow pedestrians to cross a roadway within a marked or unmarked crosswalk. Under [...]
If no news is good news, New Jersey is jumping for joy. After a year-long deluge of transportation, asset monetization, and toll road press and controversy, discussion of transportation funding and priorities has now taken a back seat in Trenton. Gov. Corzine’s “fiscal restructuring” plan to fund transportation with large toll increases has atrophied, and [...]
February 14, 2008 – 6:37 pm
On February 4, Sussex County Freeholder Susan Zellman announced that funding for the widening of Route 206 in Byram Township had been removed from NJDOT’s 10-Year Capital Plan, citing a lack of local support. After years of battling this unsustainable and environmentally detrimental project, this is a great victory for the Highlands as well as [...]
February 7, 2008 – 4:15 pm
While NJ Gov. Corzine’s asset monetization plan, which includes $3 billion to widen the state’s toll roads, has dominated the press, towns and state agencies have continued to work towards walkable and transit-friendly communities.
Transit Villages and a Transit Hub
Interest in NJ Transit and NJDOT’s Transit Village program has mounted as more municipalities come [...]
February 4, 2008 – 2:56 pm
The political maneuvering over Gov. Corzine’s “fiscal restructuring” toll plan reached disquieting levels last week with the creation of “Save Our State,” a 501(c)(4) advocacy group funded by the governor and run by directors clearly connected to his administration. Corzine has proposed bonding against toll increases to fund transportation projects, including costly and ineffective widenings [...]
January 31, 2008 – 2:23 pm
Gov. Corzine has been touring the state in an effort to garner support for his unpopular plan to bond against increased tolls in order to reduce state debt and fund transportation projects. On Monday, the Tri-State Campaign took a trip down to Camden to check out the show. Tri-State, along with [...]
December 14, 2007 – 10:12 am
As we’ve written about extensively, New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund is soon expected to collapse after decades of irresponsible borrowing and bonding. The first article in our series, A Pattern of Failure, detailed the inability of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and state legislators to raise tolls on the Garden State Parkway and NJ Turnpike [...]
