Regional Transportation Projects to Keep an Eye on in 2021
With Republicans likely to control the Senate and a pandemic that continues to depress transit ridership, the fate, timeline, and funding of some of these projects still remains uncertain. Here’s a look at what’s at stake for the tri-state area…
Wednesday Winners (and Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. Winners MTA subway riders — The MTA has finally adopted “modern and transparent assessment tools” already in use by transit providers around the globe which “are much better at detailing the overall subway experience.” New Haven Transportation […]
What’s Wrong with NJ Transit (and Can the Next Administration Fix It?)
It’s no secret that New Jersey Transit has issues. But what are state leaders doing it address those issues? And, considering Governor Chris Christie is on his way out the door, what kind of expectations should we be setting for the next administration? Senators Bob Gordon and Loretta Weinberg, who serve as chair and vice […]
Scenes from Penn Station’s New West End Concourse
New York’s Penn Station is crowded, deplorable, ugly, miserable, leaky, the worst. But Penn Station’s new West End Concourse, the first phase of the Moynihan Train Hall project, is anything but. And as NY1’s Pat Kiernan put it, “For a change, people are talking about something they like about Penn Station.” Good news involving our nation’s busiest rail station is […]
It Can’t Get Any Worse for NJ Rail Commuters, Right?
Since the two derailments at Penn Station on March 24 and April 3, Garden State commuters who work in New York City have been dealt several rounds of delays and other inconveniences. If any single week could illustrate the difficulty of being a cross-Hudson rail commuter, last week was probably it. Monday 5/1: Rumors were flying that some New Jersey Transit […]
Christie Throws Amtrak Under the Bus He Is Driving
This spring is shaping up to be one of the worst ever for New Jersey Transit commuters. Not only did they have to endure a pair of derailments in Penn Station, but this past Friday, a train was stalled inside one of the North River Tunnels for over two hours. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s office released […]
Wednesday Winners (and Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. Winners MTA subway riders — As promised 11 months ago, Wi-Fi will be installed in all 279 underground New York City subway stations by the end of the 2016. Hartford, CT — Connecticut’s capital city was named a […]
Wednesday Winners (& Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. WINNERS New Jersey Senator Bob Gordon and Assemblymember John McKeon — Senator Gordon and Assemblymember McKeon questioned claims that NJ Transit’s safety issues were independent of the agency’s $22.5 million budget deficit. Rockland County bus riders — Early […]
Wednesday Winners (& Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. WINNERS New Jersey Senator Diane Allen — Senator Allen proposed a bill package aimed at making Route 130–New Jersey’s most dangerous road for walking–safer for everyone. The package includes legislation to permanently reduce the speed limit on […]
Demand Safer Trains, but Don’t Pretend Transit Is Anywhere Near as Dangerous as Driving
A month before the September 29 NJ Transit train crash in Hoboken Terminal, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that 35,092 people were killed on America’s roads in 2015 — a 7.2 percent increase over the previous year. That report came days after the National Safety Council released preliminary estimates of traffic deaths […]