We're officially past Memorial Day, and the summer season is now underway. From Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, New Jerseyans will be hitting the road and looking for that new adventure. Or, will they? Despite the summer season being big for travel, there's a trend happening this year that, in all honestly, is pretty alarming. It may not, however, be that apparent on the surface.
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Two lanes of I-80 west are expected to reopen late Friday night, May 30, weather permitting, marking the first time the crucial east-west interstate highway has been open since a massive sinkhole closed it three months ago.
Morris County residents are invited to participate in a virtual public workshop on Thursday, May 29, from 6 to 8 p.m. to review and provide feedback on the county’s Draft Local Safety Action Plan (LSAP).
Residents are invited to attend a public workshop to help shape strategies to improve road safety in Sussex County. The workshop will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 3 in the commissioners meeting room at the county Administrative Center, 1 Spring St., Newton.
With work on restoring the Roseville Tunnel nearing completion, the project to bring NJ Transit rail service into Sussex County now moves on to the walls of the rock-cut just east of where the Andover station will be built, according to the company's current plans.
The candidates running to become our next governor are making big promises to reform NJ Transit. The six Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for governor on June 10 and the three Republican front-runners agree that the embattled public transit agency is broken, but they differ on what they’d do to address spotty service and funding problems.
Bergen County is entering the final phase of developing the plan and will host a public workshop to share pieces of the draft plan and hear from residents. The action plan is a comprehensive, community-informed strategy to improve roadway safety and reduce traffic-related deaths and serious injuries.
A recent report from the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority suggests that charging station operators are responding to rising demand from Bergen County residents, who have continued to purchase and register EVs at the fastest clip in the state. The number of EVs registered in the county in 2024 totaled 32,619 and accounted for 4.5% of all vehicles registered in the county last year.
Residents of Clifton and Passaic now have access to an innovative microtransit service for traveling within these two cities. This on-demand service is open to all residents; those with mobility issues and those without, senior citizens and 20-somethings.
On Tuesday, Monmouth County announced major funding was secured for the long-awaited project to replace bridge MA-9 on Ravine Drive and rebuild the Lake Lefferts dam.
