The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that in 2024, 39,345 people died as a result of motor vehicle crashes. Millions of others were injured.
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The state Department of Transportation has announced that Bernardsville in Somerset County has been designated as a "transit village,” making it the 37th municipality to be recognized as such since this state economic development program began in 1999.
The New Jersey Alliance for Action, an organization representing business, labor, government, utility, education, and professional leaders, recently awarded the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s New Jersey Statewide Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) program with the 2025 Excellence in Engineering Award. The award was presented at the alliance’s 12th annual Distinguished Engineering Awards on July 31.
NJTPA mention. Pieces of famous Jersey Shore bridge are getting a surprising afterlife under the sea
In the coming months, the original Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge will be dismantled, ending a project to replace the aging structure with a new one. Pieces of it won’t be far away.
For 40 years, Hunterdon County senior citizens, others with disabilities and those in need of getting from here to there have been able to rely on the LINK. The Hunterdon board of commissioners, on July 15, honored the transportation system for its 40th anniversary with a proclamation.
The Borough of Saddle River has installed a covered pedestrian bridge over the Saddle River at Rindlaub Park. It will open to the public in October upon the completion of related park improvements, according to the Bergen County town’s mayor.
Drawing on years of community input, new plans unveiled to the public this week by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection are set to improve the inner layout of Liberty State Park, spanning nearly five years of public engagement from the community.
Amtrak passengers will finally get to ride the new $2.4 billion NextGen Acela trains, capable of hitting 160 mph, starting Aug. 28 on the Northeast Corridor rail line in New Jersey.
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Although the emergency repairs on Route 80 sinkholes have been completed, Assemblywoman Aura Dunn says the work to strengthen New Jersey’s transportation infrastructure is just getting started.
For drivers who bump and clatter through potholes, the number of craters on state highways may seem infinite. A new bipartisan law requires the New Jersey Department of Transportation to count every pothole they repair and give drivers the data in an annual road pavement condition report.