NJ Transit will reduce its budget by 5% in line with Gov. Phil Murphy’s request for state agencies to cut spending amid a budget crunch, but it will not slash services, the agency’s new CEO says. Kris Kolluri, who took the helm of the transit agency on Jan. 16, said NJ Transit has already cut its spending by the amount Murphy is seeking. The agency operates on a $3 billion budget.
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President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday moved to rescind federal approvals for New York’s congestion pricing program, possibly dooming the steep tolls motorists pay to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street.
Riders told researchers that they wanted more transit stops for both bus and train lines with greater frequency.
Transit officials said the drastic decision to completely shut down the transit hub for several weeks would allow them to complete a year’s worth of construction in just 25 days.
The transition to zero-emission technology on the bus side is well documented, yet significant challenges remain for passenger rail agencies to make a similar net-zero transition.
State Transportation Department officials delivered more bad news: I-80 will be shut down for several more weeks after test crews found another underground space under the highway.
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Service on a portion of NJ Transit’s Raritan Valley line is suspended on Tuesday morning after a freight train derailed in Union County, officials said.
As the Red Bank Planning Board met to consider a relatively minor tweak to the potential redevelopment plan being written for the train station area last week, the topic quickly shifted – and remained for much of the night – on a much larger, complicated question: how the heck does the redevelopment process actually work?
FRENCHTOWN - The previously announced Feb. 18 start date for travel restrictions on the Delaware River bridge from Frenchtown to Uhlerstown because of a rehabilitation project has been postponed. According to the the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, the bridge will remain open to traffic in both directions at least through Wednesday, Feb. 19.
In the 13 months that NJ Transit's new CEO has ahead of him, Kris Kolluri said he has a list of items that are frequent rider complaints about the agency’s trains, buses and stations.