New Jersey

A newly formed Senate Select Committee will investigate will probe the “continuing failures of the troubled” N.J. Transit.

Fare evasion remains a constant problem for commuter railroads and transit agencies. The Erie Railroad once took legal action against a Montvale, N.J., woman who boarded a train and did not pay.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy last month signed legislation officials say reforms N.J. Transit’s governance and management.