New Jersey

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.

NJ Transit Board Approves Purchase of 36 Additional Multilevel III Rail Cars

July 25, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

NJ Transit’s Board of Directors has approved the purchase of 36 additional Multilevel III rail cars that offer increased seating capacity, mechanical reliability and improved customer amenities.

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.

Bucco: Summers are Always Hot and NJ Transit is Always Broken

July 18, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

New Jersey Senate Republican Leader Anthony M. Bucco is again demanding answers from NJ Transit on why it continues to leave commuters stranded.

NJBIA: Zero-Emission Train Mandate in California Would Impact Freight Nationwide

July 15, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

NJBIA and hundreds of business groups are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reject a request from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to circumvent federal law and effectively require railroads across the nation purchase zero-emission locomotives.

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

Advocates Challenge Hochul Over Congestion Pricing Plan Pause

NJ Transit Board Approves Purchase of 36 Additional Multilevel III Rail Cars

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

Bucco: Summers are Always Hot and NJ Transit is Always Broken

NJBIA: Zero-Emission Train Mandate in California Would Impact Freight Nationwide

New Jersey Assembly Majority Conference Leader Addresses Ongoing Delays of NJ Transit Trains

New Jersey Republicans Call for Hearings on Transit System

New Jersey Senate Republican Leader Renews Call For NJ Transit Audit

New Jersey Lawmakers Call for Hearing to Address NJ Transit Issues