November 29th 2007
As we reported yesterday, the size of the toll and gas tax increases proposed by state Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri just don’t make sense. He’s talking about a large gas tax increase but is low-balling the size of the toll increase. Now Assemblyman John Wisniewski, who is chairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee, […]
November 28th 2007
Yesterday, Assemblyman John Wisniewski, chairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee, suggested that the state consider increasing its gasoline tax:
…Assemblyman John Wisniewski, a Middlesex County Democrat, said increasing the levy would be more responsible than Democratic Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s plan to solve state fiscal woes by issuing bonds that would be paid back with increased […]
November 26th 2007
The Courier News has a two-part article on Governor Corzine’s super-secret asset monetization plan, which has cost taxpayers $4.8 million so far. Part one of the article points out how the contract could prohibit new rail service from being started:
Experts also agreed that the state has to spell out everything it wants to control […]
November 25th 2007
Over the next two weeks, there are a bunch of transit-related public meetings. The PATH fare hike, West Trenton, Gloucester County, Moynahan Station, and more are all on the agenda. Keep track of them all with NJ-ARP’s handy online calendar.
November 21st 2007
NJ-ARP’s web site went online 12 years ago tomorrow, on November 22, 1995. The site was originally hosted on my personal web space and contained general information on NJ-ARP plus a membership application. There were 360 “hits” in the first full month. The site now gets over 100,000 hits per month.
The Hotline […]
November 16th 2007
Photos available here, here, and here (scroll to the bottom with that last link).
November 11th 2007
I just returned from a four-day trip to the Washington, DC, area. (Anyone who attended public school in New Jersey or who has/had children in public schools in New Jersey will know why our trip was made Thursday-Sunday in early November.) Our hotel was within walking distance of a Metrorail (a.k.a. subway) station, […]
November 3rd 2007
At 2 AM on Sunday, Amtrak trains will enter another dimension of time and space. When the time changes from daylight to standard time, any Amtrak trains operating on schedule will instantly be running one hour ahead of schedule. In order to let the time “catch up” to the schedule, the trains will […]
October 27th 2007
According to a report in the Star-Ledger, approximately 6,500 out of the 16,000 patrons, or 40%, used trains to get to the Prudential Center on opening night. The breakdown is:
NJT via Penn: 4,000
PATH: 2,000
NJT via Broad: 500
Given all the gloom and doom predictions about gridlock and parking, some people who normally would have driven […]
October 22nd 2007
A reminder that there will be a Northern Branch Corridor DEIS Scoping Meeting at the Crowne Plaza Englewood Hotel on Wednesday, October 24. There will be two sessions: 3-5 PM and 7-9 PM. This is your chance to add your comments on what alternatives should be studied for the Northern Branch.
More information, including […]
