NJ Transit riders will pay more to ride trains and buses starting July 1 after the agency’s board on Wednesday unanimously approved double-digit fare hikes, plus an annual 3% fare hike starting in July 2025. The board’s unanimous vote to approve the fare increases, some as high as 15%, came after the agency heard from […]
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PATH Trains Headed to NYC Will Bypass Grove Street on Weekends Until July
The second phase of the Port Authority’s station modernization project will begin on Saturday, preventing New York City bound trains from stopping at the Grove St. PATH station every weekend until July. From 6 a.m. Saturday, April 6, to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, April. 7, and on most weekends through approximately Sunday, June 30, World Trade […]
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Saturday Blurbs: Interesting Little Stories From the Past Week
NJ Motor Vehicle Commission This upcoming Tuesday, March 26, and Wednesday, March 27, the MVC Mobile Unit will be at the Jersey City Hall Annex at Jackson Square from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Those interested can visit https://telegov.njportal.com/njmvcmobileunit/ to schedule appointments for REALID, registration renewal, duplicate titles, non-driver ID and permits. NJ Office of the State […]
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‘Tap-and-Go’ Turnstiles Come to World Trade Center PATH Tomorrow
At 11 a.m. tomorrow, officials will unveil contactless turnstiles at the World Trade Center PATH station. The new turnstiles will allow customers to use any contactless credit/debit card or the digital wallets in their own devices at PATH turnstiles, instead of specific PATH-issued SmartLink cards or pay-per-ride MetroCards. The contactless turnstiles will now be available […]
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NJ Transit Proposes Fare Hikes of up to 15%
NJ Transit announced it would seek to hike fares by up to 15% in its coming budgetary year and approve perpetual fare increases to account for revenue lost by pandemic declines in ridership the agency never fully recovered from. The proposal to increase fares on buses, trains, and light rail cars by between 12.5% and […]
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Future Bridge Construction on JFK and Route 139 to Cause Traffic Headaches
The bad news is that the replacement of two bridges — one on JFK Boulevard and the other on Route 139 — will bring traffic headaches. The good news is that it will likely be another four years before the work and the real traffic congestion begins. The bridges are part of a large project […]
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NJ Transit To Take Over A&C’s Routes, Riders Optimistic
Passengers who rely on the four intra-city routes operated by A&C Bus Corp. will be able to keep riding now that NJ Transit has pledged to take over those routes. For Friends of Lincoln Park member Liz Guzman, many of whose colleagues patronize A&C’s Montgomery/West Side line, this development was welcome news. “I’m happy to […]
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Weekend Closings of New Wittpenn Bridge Should End Soon
It took a decade and more than $600 million to finish building by the end of 2021 but the new Wittpenn Bridge and approaches linking Jersey City and Kearny along Rt. 7 but its overseers are still tinkering with it. Adam Ginsburg, a Kearny resident, expressed his frustrations in a recent email to the Jersey […]
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Bicycle Storage “Pods” Coming to Transit Hubs Around Jersey City
Jersey City cyclists looking for safe and secure places to store their bicycles near mass transit will now have more options. Today Mayor Fulop and the Department of Infrastructure announced that Brooklyn-based Oonee (pronounced ooh-nee, after the Japanese word for sea urchin) will begin installing storage “pods” throughout the city. In cooperation with the Port Authority, Oonee has operated a […]
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New Jersey Sues to Block New York City’s Congestion Pricing Plan
New Jersey sued the federal government Friday to block New York’s plan to add tolls on Manhattan’s busiest roads, calling it a “misguided scheme” that will reap billions for the city while spiking congestion and air pollution in New Jersey. In a federal complaint filed in Newark, state officials asked the court to vacate the final […]