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Despite Criticism, NJ Transit Begins Week of Free Fares

August 26, 2024 The Center Square

New Jersey Transit is offering free rides on its trains and buses this week as the embattled agency struggles to regain public confidence amid chronic delays and service disruptions.

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.

New Jersey Lawmaker: Free NJ Transit Rides During ‘Summer of Hell’ is No Saving Grace

August 15, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

New Jersey Assemblyman Brian Bergen panned Gov. Phil Murphy’s NJ Transit fare holiday announced Thursday, saying the last thing commuters need is a free week of hell.

New Jersey Governor: Fares Waived on All NJ Transit Modes from Aug. 26 to Sept. 2

August 15, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

Gov. Murphy today announced a transit fare holiday for all NJ Transit customers from Aug. 26 through Sept. 2.

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

McKnight Applauds NJ Transit for Initiating Rescue Bus Service Plan for Coach USA Customers

August 12, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

State Sen. Angela V. McKnight, D-Hudson, commended NJ Transit for implementing an emergency bus service plan in Bergen, Passaic, and Hudson counties for routes abandoned by Coach USA with limited advance notice.

Feds Sue Norfolk Southern Over Delayed Crescent Trains

July 30, 2024 Todd DeFeo

The federal government has sued Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern, saying the company is violating federal law by delaying Amtrak’s Crescent trains that operate between New York and New Orleans.

Bucco Urges Bipartisan Solutions as Governor Considers Call for NJT Audit

July 30, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

In light of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s considering Republican calls to conduct an updated audit of NJ Transit, Senate Republican Leader Anthony M. Bucco is calling for the formation of a bipartisan coalition to set politics aside and address NJ Transit’s ongoing structural and operational issues.

DePhillips: Hold a Hearing on NJ Transit’s Continued Service Disruptions

July 30, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

New Jersey Assemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips, a member of the Assembly Transportation Committee, is calling for a bipartisan, bicameral hearing to hold NJ Transit to account.

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.

Advocates Challenge Hochul Over Congestion Pricing Plan Pause

July 25, 2024 The Center Square

Environmental and transit advocates are taking New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to court over her 11th-hour decision to put the brakes on the nation’s first congestion pricing plan.