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NJ Transit Nears Hiring New Customer Advocate, a Position Vacant Since 2020

September 18, 2024 New Jersey Monitor

NJ Transit is close to hiring a customer advocate to fill an oversight post that has been vacant for nearly four years, one of the agency’s board members said Wednesday.

2024 Marked NJ Transit’s Second-Worst Summer Under Gov. Murphy

September 17, 2024 New Jersey Monitor

NJ Transit faced the second worst “summer of hell” of Gov. Phil Murphy’s tenure this year, with its more than 1,800 train cancellations driven mostly by mechanical issues, Amtrak, and a rising number of unpreventable stoppages, according to agency performance data.

A Week of Free Trips on NJ Transit Negins Monday

August 26, 2024 New Jersey Monitor

A week of free rides on New Jersey Transit’s trains and buses started Monday, a “fare holiday” meant to appease customers enraged after a summer of service suspensions and interruptions.

NJ Transit Approves $3B Budget Amid Outcry Over Fare Hikes

July 26, 2024 New Jersey Monitor

NJ Transit’s board approved a $3 billion operating budget that will spend the last of the agency’s federal COVID-19 relief dollars and is expected to sharply raise fare collection revenue following the agency’s first fare hikes since 2015.

New Jersey House Dems Seek Federal Funds for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor Route

July 26, 2024 New Jersey Monitor

Eight members of New Jersey’s House delegation urged the U.S. Department of Transportation to deploy federal infrastructure funds to make urgent upgrades to tracks and overhead wires that have snarled trains in a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Friday.

Biden creates board to oversee contract dispute between NJ Transit, engineers

July 24, 2024 New Jersey Monitor

President Joe Biden named three members to a presidential emergency board that will oversee the latest round of negotiations between NJ Transit and a locomotive engineers union that has been working under an expired contract since 2019.

Mediation Ends for NJ Transit and Train Engineers, Clearing Path to Strike in Months

June 26, 2024 New Jersey Monitor

The National Mediation Board has ended more than four years of negotiations between NJ Transit and a union representing its engineers without a resolution, paving the way for a strike that federal law could still delay by months.

State Diverted $2B from Clean Energy Fund to NJ Transit, Other Needs, Report Finds

January 15, 2023 New Jersey Monitor

New Jersey has routinely raided the state’s Clean Energy Fund to cover unrelated state budget gaps, diverting almost $2 billion since 2010 away from a fund intended to reduce fossil fuel reliance, according to a new report released Thursday.

Settlement Requires NJ Transit to Boost Accessibility at Five Stations

October 20, 2022 New Jersey Monitor

NJ Transit will modify five stations on the northeast corridor line to improve accessibility for residents with disabilities as part of a settlement resolving a civil rights suit lodged by federal authorities, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced Tuesday.

A N.J. Transit train in Montvale, N.J., in March 2018.

NJ Transit Train Workers Sue Over Abusive Riders

July 12, 2022 New Jersey Monitor

Fourteen train crew members have sued NJ Transit for negligence, claiming the agency failed to protect them from abusive passengers.