Jersey City Neighborhood Associations Form “Community Oversight Board” to Monitor Christ Hospital Sale: Save Christ Hospital, a grassroots Jersey City effort that is trying to bring more transparency to the potential sale of the hospital, has formed a community oversight board to “represent ordinary citizens of Hudson County in the plans to sell this important [...]
NJ Transit just announced that it will be running all its systems on a modified schedule tomorrow “as a result of residual impacts of Hurricane Irene.” The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail will be operating on a weekend schedule, and bus service will be on a “modified weekday schedule” with “fewer trips operating during peak periods on [...]
Do you ride NJ Transit’s Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, its local buses, or its commuter rail? If so, the agency is looking for your opinion on its service, today rolling out the second of ongoing quarterly web-based customer satisfaction surveys. NJ Transit last month published the results of the first customer satisfaction survey, which asked customers [...]
- County Budget Hearings: Hudson County departmental hearings to discuss this year’s county budget will be held in the evening for the first time. – Light Rail Collision: A 72-year-old Hoboken man was seriously injured when the sport utility vehicle he was driving collided with a Light Rail train on Sixth Street yesterday morning. – [...]
The latest twist in the ongoing fight over the future of the 6th Street Embankment in Downtown Jersey City occurred Wednesday night, as the City Council unanimously rejected a settlement offer put forth by developer Steve Hyman, who owns the properties with his wife. “[The proposed settlement can] end the disputes and litigation that have [...]
The proposed route for a light rail extension over Route 440. NJ Transit’s board of directors today adopted a plan to extend the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) across Route 440, and authorized its submission to the North Jersey Transportation Authority (NJTPA) for designation and inclusion in the agency’s Long Range Regional Transportation Plan, which would [...]
Editor’s note: While the Assembly members only mention Hoboken in their letter, this change affected Heights residents as well, which is why we are running it. To the Editor, It should go without having to say that times are tough. Everyone is forced to do more with much less; and that includes government. Two weeks [...]
As part of the package of fare hikes and service cuts NJ Transit unveiled in April, weekend and holiday service on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail will change for good beginning this Saturday, meaning a longer trip for some Heights residents heading to New York City. The streamlining of the train routes leaves the light rail [...]
NJ Transit riders should prepare to start digging a little deeper into their pockets Saturday, when fares across the system will rise. Rail service will increase by 25 percent; light rail and local bus service will rise by 10 percent. Hudson-Bergen Light Rail customers will now pay $2.10 for each ride, while local bus riders [...]
The fare hikes set to go into effect this Saturday, May 1, on NJ Transit’s trains, buses and light rail systems were originally proposed to be 25 percent across the board. But after the public comment period, the agency announced that it would reduce the fare hikes on local bus routes and light rail lines [...]
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