The Future is Going to Happen, but How Will NJ Fund It?
“The future is going to happen.” That was NJDOT Commissioner Jim Simpson’s response when asked how New Jersey is going to fund transportation in the
April 4, 2013
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“The future is going to happen.” That was NJDOT Commissioner Jim Simpson’s response when asked how New Jersey is going to fund transportation in the
State departments of transportation have a tremendous amount of influence on how roads are designed and how people get around. And since the passage of
You will be hard pressed to find someone in New Jersey who would disagree that the state’s transportation infrastructure has not kept up with the
Just like last year, and the year before that, New Jersey is using fiscal gimmicks to meet the state’s funding obligations to transportation. As reported in NJSpotlight, not
Tri-State’s annual Most Dangerous Roads for Walking report finds that 1,242 pedestrians were killed on Connecticut, New Jersey and downstate New York roads in the three
2012 PATCO ridership and bridge crossing data from the Delaware River Port Authority might mark the beginning of a new trend in South Jersey. For
In recently-released preliminary data for 2012, the National Safety Council (NSC) finds that nationwide, motor vehicle fatalities increased five percent from 2011. This is the
A recent New York Times feature about plans to revive Newark’s Military Park described a grandiose $3.25 million project that seeks to revitalize the “derelict” park.
A December 2011 report from Transportation for America indicated that over 10 million drivers cross structurally deficient bridges in New Jersey every day. In 2010, NJDOT released
Citing a shortage of cash, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority is reportedly planning to borrow up to $1.4 billion this year to fund the widening of the