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NJ Transit will offer refunds for unused one-way bus, rail and light rail tickets purchased before June 1, 2024, after receiving a firestorm of criticism from riders that their unused tickets would be worthless after a July 1 policy change took effect.
The rider of a low-speed electric scooter is not considered a pedestrian, like bicyclists are, under New Jersey insurance law, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
New Jersey, which has challenged New York’s congestion pricing plan to charge a fee to enter lower Manhattan in court, is seeing some money out of the plan after all.
The scope of the intersection improvement project includes the installation of a semi-actuated traffic light equipped with vehicle detection technology, the widening of Hackensack Street to accommodate a designated right turn lane from Union Avenue, and the relocation of the Winters Place bus stop to just north of Union Avenue with a designated cut-out to help alleviate traffic backup.
If the news wasn’t enough that the 2$ billion Portal Bridge North project to replace the cranky 114-year-old bridge that carries the busy Northeast Corridor rail line over the Hackensack River in Kearny is 50 percent finished, commuters will see a real show this winter, officials said.
NJ Transit’s board of directors approved an agreement on May 8 to fund $88.4 million of the work on the two of the East River Tunnels. NJ Transit uses them to travel between New York Penn Station and Sunnyside Yard in Queens where they are stored between the morning and evening commuting rush.
The Port Authority is taking in about 10% more cargo since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore County, Maryland in March. This is not as much as the COVID surge a few years ago, which was about a 30% jump. Still, the ship crash puts under scrutiny how you get those packages, an industry set to boom in the coming years.
The Township Committee is considering a study of traffic in the entire 37.65-square-mile municipality bisected by two major highways.
Hudson County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a $23,920 environmental engineering contract with French and Parrello Associates for pedestrian protection for the 14th Street Viaduct.
Gov. Phil Murphy says he’s confident that he and lawmakers can work out their issues in budget talks — advancing a "landmark" tax relief program for seniors and putting in place the corporate tax he envisions closing NJ Transit's looming budget hole.
