To stand on the corner of Doremus Avenue in Elizabeth, New Jersey, is to breathe in some of the most polluted air in the country. Hundreds of vehicles drive to and from the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal and Newark Liberty International Airport every day.
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A letter from the Federal Highway Administration ordered New York City to shut down its congestion pricing program by March 21 after federal approval was pulled last month.
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With 63 days left before federal Real ID standards take effect on May 7, the state Motor Vehicle Commission will hold dedicated Real ID events in March and April to help drivers obtain the document needed for domestic air travel.
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Two programs that aim to increase the number of commercial zero-emission vehicles traversing Garden State roads, including through incentives, are expanding to support that goal. Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority board announced Phase III of the New Jersey Zero Emission Incentive Program and the new New Jersey Zero Emission Vehicle Financing Program.
The clock is running, with 68 days until a May 7 deadline for domestic air travelers to show identification that meets the federal Real ID law standards, Transportation Security Administration officials said.
Gov. Phil Murphy’s final state budget proposal includes a bold commitment to rid NJ Transit’s fleet of its oldest and most unreliable trains and buses. In his budget address Tuesday, Murphy said the state will modernize the fleet by “providing funding to begin replacing every single outdated bus and rail car that remains in the agency’s fleet.”
Is that a hint of lavender in the stairwell at Newark Penn Station? Indeed — it’s the new scented cleaning products being used to scrub down practically every surface in the station, from bathrooms to railings to doors.
A “significant void” sits just below the pavement of a New Jersey highway that’s been beset by random sinkholes over the last few months — and state officials say it may take a while to repair. The New Jersey Department of Transportation has closed Interstate 80’s eastbound lanes in the Morris County town of Wharton twice in the last three months after reports that the ground was falling away.
A pair of NJ TRANSIT’s Arrow III electric multiple-unit are now wearing the logos of Penn Central and the New Jersey Department of Transportation as part of the agency’s heritage fleet. The new look reflects the design worn by the original Arrow I coaches upon their delivery in the 1960s.
The "New Urbanism" approach to architecture is making inroads into Morristown, where three construction projects will reflect a trend toward designing communities for the people who live and work there rather than the vehicles crossing its borders.