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Biden Visits New York to Tout Infrastructure Spending

January 31, 2023 The Center Square

President Joe Biden visited New York Tuesday to tout how his infrastructure law is making investments in the nation’s transportation system, and deliver a $300 million federal grant for a long-delayed Hudson Tunnel project.

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.

NJ Transit Paints Four Locomotives in ‘Heritage’ Schemes to Honor 40th Anniversary

January 11, 2023 Railfanning.org News Wire

Shortly after midnight on Jan. 1, 1983, the first NJ Transit trains departed Hoboken and Penn Station in New York.

Search the 2022 Northeast Corridor Project Inventory

January 3, 2023 Railfanning.org News Wire

This is a list of 2022 Northeast Corridor Project Inventory as published by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).

Turnpike Authority Agrees to Pay Billions for Tunnel Project

December 27, 2022 The Center Square

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has approved a deal to make tens of millions of dollars in annual loan payments to finance New Jersey’s share of a $16 billion rail tunnel project.

NJ Transit Starts Process to Enact New Laws for Anyone Who Assaults Transit Workers

December 19, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire

The NJ Transit Board of Directors has started the process of enacting new regulations to strengthen transit workers’ protections.

NJ Transit Reports it is Bouncing Back from Pandemic Ridership Slump

December 15, 2022 The Center Square

As one of the largest transit agencies in the country, The New Jersey Transit Corporation saw its ridership plummet and took in billions of federal money to keep operations running during the pandemic

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

FTA Awards NJ Transit Grant to Study ‘Equitable’ Transit-Oriented Development

December 12, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded NJ Transit a $592,000 grant to study equitable transit-oriented development (TOD) along the proposed nine-mile extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) into Bergen County.

South Jersey Lawmakers Question Glassboro-Camden Rail Line

December 9, 2022 The Center Square

South Jersey lawmakers hope to derail plans for an 18-mile light-rail line connecting Camden and Glassboro, saying it is unnecessary.