TRENTON, N.J. — NJ Transit will receive its largest general-fund subsidy in state history as a result of the Fiscal 2020 budget signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy on Sunday. NJ Transit will receive a supplemental allocation of $150 million in general fund support for a total subsidy of $457.5 million. Sunday’s signing, after […]
Technology resulting from a New York-Israel trade program could eventually lead to automation of New York subways, Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggests. Ralph Spielman JERUSALEM — Automation software for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could be part of a program announced Thursday by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a trade mission to Israel. Cuomo announced a […]
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy rode this NJ Transit train to a Thursday press conference touting improvements in the commuter railroad’s service, noting the train was on time and the trip was “wonderful.” Ralph Spielman SECAUCUS, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined NJ Transit President and CEO Kevin Corbett and state Department of […]
PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak is suing the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority in federal court, as it seeks a dramatic increase in rent in a dispute over land SEPTA leases along the Northeast Corridor. Since 1987, SEPTA has paid $1 a year for land along the corridor it uses for stations and parking lots; the transit agency […]
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board has passed a resolution supporting the right to ban repeat criminal offenders from subways and buses. The resolution was proposed at a committee meeting on Monday by board member Sarah Feinberg, the former head of the Federal Railroad Administration [See “New York MTA to consider subway, bus […]
NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit commuter train engineers are refusing to work overtime on scheduled days off, leading to more cancelled trains. NJ.com reports that the move is in protest of a contract violation. James P. Brown, general chairman for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers NJ Transit Local, told the news organization that NJ Transit […]
An L Train subway arrives at Union Square in Manhattan in March 2019. Tunnel work on the L Train route is proceeding on or ahead of schedule. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority received good news about its L Train tunnel habilitation at Monday’s Subway and Bus Committee Meeting: the project is […]
BOSTON — A former U.S. Secretary of Transportation will be part of a three-member panel assembled by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to examine its operations, the Boston Herald reports. Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation in the Obama Administration, will be part of the “safety review panel,” along with Carolyn Flowers, a former acting head […]
A New York Transit Authority No. 1 train reaches its South Ferry terminus in May 2019. The Metropolitan Transit Authority will consider a move to ban repeat criminal offenders from its subways and buses. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will consider a motion to ban repeat criminal offenders from its subway […]
A New York-bound NJ Transit train crosses the Portal Bridge in October 2018. The bridge, more than a century old, is one component of the Gateway Project for Northeast Corridor infrastructure. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — Legislatures in New York and New Jersey have passed identical bills creating the Gateway Project Development Commission, a key […]
MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. — The Mount Washington Cog Railway helped rescue an injured hiker on the east’s tallest peak over the weekend. On June 22, a 46-year-old Indiana man was injured while hiking to the summit of Mount Washington. The man, identified by the Associated Press as Michael Couch, is an amputee who was raising […]
An eastbound mid-day PATH train from Newark has just left the Harrison, N.J., station on its way to New York City’s World Trade Center station in October 2018. PATH has announced plans to expand capacity on this and other lines. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK —Officials have unveiled a $1-billion, three-year plan to increase capacity on […]
