March 23rd 2008
More development planned for downtown. They may have parking spaces, but getting in and out of them will be the real challenge. It’s going to get uglier on Rts. 18, 27, 1 and 130 without MOM.
Voorhees still silent on Transit Village need to morph into Transit City.
“…The $650 million plan fits those needs, calling for […]
February 15th 2008
On Sunday, Governor Corzine announced that the MOM line will not go through Middlesex County. “It will be the MO line, not the MOM line,” Corzine said. Today, in a letter in the Home News Tribune, NJ Transit announced they will ignore the results of the MOM DEIS:
Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri and NJ […]
January 24th 2008
Star-Ledger (Middlesex Edition), Thursday, January 24, 2008
BY MARYANN SPOTO, Star-Ledger Staff
A majority of residents living near a proposed rail line through Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties want the service in order to reduce their commute time and ease congested roadways, a new poll shows.
Monmouth and Ocean county freeholders released the results yesterday with the goal […]
December 16th 2007
Santa Claus left his sleigh behind and rode a train on the MOM line into Freehold Borough to the delight of over 100 children on Saturday. The Asbury Park Press has a photo of Santa on the front of the locomotive.
Now if only Santa Claus was able to give the residents of Middlesex, Ocean, […]
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 […]
August 11th 2007
Middlesex County Freeholder Director David Crabiel, stung by recent editorials and letters in the mainstream press, fires back in a “friendly” local media outlet at NJ-ARP’s Daniel Green. His “ammunition” is his record on construction of more parking spaces for expansion of bus service and highways. How sad. Look at the numbers on motor-vehicle pollution […]
July 13th 2007
You may recall that we previously reported that the MOM draft environmental impact study, which started in 2001(!), was scheduled to be completed in 2008. Now, the Asbury Park Press is reporting that there is “no firm estimate” of when the study will be completed:
Joe Dee, an NJ Transit spokesman, said there is “no […]
June 16th 2007
Recent statements by Freeholder Director David Crabiel regarding the proposed routing of NJ Transit passenger service through Ocean and Monmouth Counties via Monmouth Junction to New Brunswick are puzzling. Why does he object to using existing, active railroad tracks to create better access to New Brunswick for Rutgers students, J&J employees, visitors to and employees […]
May 10th 2007
A reminder that a rally supporting MOM will be held on Friday, May 11, at 10:30 a.m., on the back steps of the Monmouth County Library, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, N.J. (directions) In case of rain, the rally will be held inside the building.
If you can make it, come out and show your support […]
March 16th 2007
Here’s a news item from the Asbury Park Press about MOM and ARC:
NJ Transit’s board of directors today approved a $2.4 million addition to a contract with Systra Contracting to consider the effect of building a second Hudson River tunnel and extending one-seat service to New York on the proposed Middlesex-Ocean-Monmouth rail line.
Systra, of […]
-
