NJ Transit to Begin Testing Gladstone Line on Friday
NJ Transit's rail system recovery map. The faded gray line is the Gladstone Branch. (Click for full version) NJ Transit says it’s in the home stretch of making repairs to one of its hardest-hit rail...
View ArticleSenate Hearing Will Detail Hurricane Sandy’s Transit Damage
The heads of transit agencies affected by Sandy will testify on Capitol Hill Thursday, in what will be the most public assembly of the top brass of the NY MTA, NJ Transit, Amtrak and the Port Authority...
View ArticleWATCH: Superstorm Sandy: The Devastating Impact on the Nation’s Largest...
(The hearings have ended. Here’s our story. Follow along with the live webcast of a Senate subcommittee hearing here . It begins at 10:30 eastern time. We will be tweeting highlights — so follow...
View ArticleNJ Transit Chief: Our Trains, Equipment, Suffered $100 Million In Sandy Damage
Bay Head Comet III's with debris (photo by NJ Transit via flickr) New Jersey Transit lost $100 million in trains and equipment during storm Sandy, NJ Transit chief James Weinstein told a U.S. Senate...
View ArticleNJ Transit Chief: We Thought We Had 20 Years to Respond to Climate Change
Hoboken Terminal, flooding during Sandy (photo by accarrino via flickr) The head of New Jersey Transit dug in his heels on Monday, defending the agency’s preparations in advance of Sandy — and adding...
View ArticleReport: National Weather Service Says NJ Transit Didn’t Ask About Flooding
Hoboken Terminal, post-Sandy (photo by NJ Transit via flickr) The National Weather Service says New Jersey Transit didn’t call. The Star-Ledger is reporting the agency never consulted the National...
View ArticlePulaski Skyway to Close for Two Years; No New Rail Tunnel on Horizon
The Pulaski Skyway (photo by Paul Lowry via flickr) The Pulaski Skyway — an 80-year old elevated highway that carries 67,000 cars a day in New Jersey — will partially close for two years beginning in...
View ArticleNJ Rail Services Return Days Shy of Sandy’s Three Month Anniversary
Historic Hoboken Terminal, pictured before Sandy. (Photo CC by Flickr user JamesCastle) Two more links in the New Jersey commuter rail network will return to pre-Sandy levels today. Hoboken terminal...
View ArticleSandy’s Cost to NJ Transit: One Year, $450 Million
Post-Sandy debris (photo by NJ Transit via flickr) New Jersey Transit says it could be next fall before service is restored to pre-Sandy levels. And the cost of its damage is now pegged at $450...
View ArticleNJ Transit Wants $1.2 Billion in Fed Funds for Sandy Recovery, Future Storms
Hoboken Terminal, post-Sandy (photo by NJ Transit via flickr) New Jersey Transit is putting together a more than $1.2 billion request for federal aid to help it recover from Sandy and prepare for...
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