Newark. It sounds almost like a contraction of "New York." And in some ways, it is. It's got skyscrapers, but small ones — 35 stories, as opposed to the Freedom Tower's 104. It's got crowds, but modest ones — 324,000, as opposed to Manhattan's 1.66 million. And it's even got a subway. A little one.
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Bergen County, in partnership with the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) and the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), is inviting residents to participate in an online Public Information Center (PIC) Meeting on the proposed replacement of the Oradell Avenue Bridge over the Hackensack River.
A vital bridge used by Amtrak, NJ Transit and PATH commuters is headed for a $242 million overhaul this year that will eliminate a chronic problem for riders when the lift bridge won’t properly close.
A six-month bridge replacement project on Three Rivers Drive in Jefferson Township is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 3, requiring a full closure of the roadway to through traffic.
Zoox is already going for test drives in Las Vegas and San Francisco. It’s basically a shiny box on wheels: Four passenger seats, no steering wheel, and a robot voice that talks to passengers when they get in.
Station activations are not new for Metro; what is new is the sheer number of events. With activations at the new D line stations, World Cup fan zones and other events across the system, Metro is hoping to lure new riders.
Dollar vans are a familiar part of life in neighborhoods near Flatbush Avenue with large populations of Caribbean immigrants. The minibus services grew in popularity during the 1980 transit strike and continued to operate in areas across the city — largely in areas that lack subway service.
The study by the Federal Railroad Administration concluded that proposed changes could increase Penn Station’s capacity to as many as 32 trains per hour during the morning rush and 30 per hour in the evening rush. The station, largely unchanged since the 1960s, can handle 24 trains per hour at peak times now.
