Assemblywoman Aura Dunn met with New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Francis K. O’Connor to discuss roadway safety and long-term infrastructure planning following the completion of emergency repairs on Route 80 in Wharton, where multiple sinkholes disrupted traffic and local business earlier this year.
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An economic analysis of the Newark Bay-Hudson County Extension Improvements Program released July 24 found that the program’s first project will generate $2.8 billion in economic activity and create more than 25,000 jobs, many offering prevailing wage and benefits, totaling $2 billion in earned income.
The Hunterdon County Board of County Commissioners this month marked the 40th anniversary of the Hunterdon County LINK Transportation System, recognizing its four decades of service as a vital community lifeline.
NJ TRANSIT seeks design proposals for new facility
NJ TRANSIT, the largest statewide public transportation system in the United States, recently released a request for design-build teams for the final design, construction, and commissioning of the Northern Rail Maintenance-of-Way (MOW) Facility.
Drivers have been besieged in the past by official-looking text messages claiming they have unpaid tolls and they better pay up, which toll road operators have said are false.
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A bill to allow mobile driver’s licenses in New Jersey was signed by Gov. Phil Murphy last week. The new law, first introduced in January 2024, will make it possible for state residents to get mobile driver's licenses or identification cards that they can access on smartphones or other electronic devices.
Of the 12 men appointed to an advisory committee to the U.S. Department of Transportation earlier this month, at least four have New Jersey ties.
Student drivers in New Jersey will be required to learn how to share the road with bikes, scooters and other non-motorized transportation under a new law, but it will be at least a year before they are tested on the new material.
With another scorching heatwave forecast for Friday commuters riding NJ Transit trains are hoping the air conditioning is working. Air conditioning problems led to the canelation of 13 trains during an extreme June heatwave, when temperatures reached triple-digits.
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New Jersey drivers will soon be able to show digital licenses on their smartphones after Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation Wednesday. New Jersey joins 15 states and Puerto Rico that offer digital licenses, a goal outlined by Murphy in the State of the State address in January.
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