NJ Transit Scorecard: Second Verse, Same as the First

Ratings on NJ Transit's second quarterly customer scorecard haven't changed much compared to the first scorecard.

NJ Transit’s second quarterly “Scorecard” results are in, and they aren’t anything to brag about. The agency’s overall score rose from 5.2 to 5.3 on a scale of 1 to 10, which NJ Transit still describes as “satisfactory” or “acceptable.” [...]

Port Authority Chief Has Told It Like It Is on Infrastructure

Ward.

Multiple news outlets have reported that Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward will resign by the end of October, after 3 years of leading the agency. During his tenure, Ward kept agency budgets lean and took control of the World Trade Center rebuilding efforts. As Tri-State’s executive director Kate Slevin told the [...]

Whither Cross-Hudson Transit?

Crowds at NYC's Penn Station after a derailment on NJ Transit. Frequent delays on cross-Hudson transit hurt the region's productivity and quality of life.

The passing of a relatively obscure bureaucratic deadline was another reminder of how badly improvements to the cross-Hudson transit system are needed. Yesterday the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, [...]

Port Authority’s Fare and Toll Hikes No Surprise; Agency Being Used as Piggy Bank (Statement)

Tri-State Transportation Campaign Executive Director Kate Slevin issued the following statement after the Port Authority announced steep fare and toll increases on the PATH rail system and its bridges and tunnels:

Today, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey announced a fare increase of $1 on the PATH line and a toll [...]

New Life For GW Bridge Bus Station Overhaul

If you are one of the 17,000 passengers coming into the George Washington Bridge Bus Station every day, your destination is about to see a facelift.  The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently announced an additional $3.2 million to upgrade the nearly half-century old bus facility in Washington Heights with 21 [...]

Keep Chris Ward at the Port Authority

Ward.

[Update 6/6: A spokesperson for Gov. Cuomo tells Crain's Insider, in its Friday edition, that "There are no plans to replace Chris Ward at this time."]

An anonymously sourced story in Friday’s New York Post said that Port Authority executive director Chris Ward will be asked to step down after the 9/11 [...]

NJ Transportation Funding Plan Would Shortchange Bus Riders

Limited capacity at the Port Authority Bus Terminal translates into congestion in New Jersey and on local NYC streets.

An article in last week’s Wall Street Journal indicated a dire need to do something about the Port Authority Bus Terminal, which has reached its capacity, as TSTC has pointed out in reports and videos. But New [...]

Gov. Cuomo to Keep MTA, Port Authority Heads

Ward.

Crain’s New York reports that NY Governor Andrew Cuomo will keep MTA Chairman Jay Walder and Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward in their posts.

That’s good news. Tri-State and other advocates had urged the governor to retain both leaders, both of whom have proved adept at cutting costs while continuing to [...]

Details Murky in Gov. Christie’s TTF Plan

After several months of delay, yesterday Governor Christie unveiled a funding proposal for New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund, the state’s pot of money for transportation infrastructure.  The TTF will run dry in July 2011 as 100 percent of its revenue will be tied up in the state’s debt payments resulting from years of unsustainable [...]

Highlights from the Port Authority Budget

The Port Authority’s recently approved 2011 budget generated few stories and could be described as underwhelming and another regional sign of the budget constraints within our transportation network. The $7.2 billion budget does not include fare or toll increase, includes zero growth in operating expenses, and few new projects.  The Port Authority already scaled [...]