- Grove Street PATH Station: A federal judge has ordered the Port Authority to make the Grove Street PATH station entrance on Marin Boulevard and Christopher Columbus Drive handicapped-accessible. For background, check out our 2009 piece on the issue. – More Charged in July Killing: Two more men have been charged in the killing of [...]
Just weeks before a controversial PATH fare and toll hike is set to take effect, Politicker is out with a report this morning that details the millions of dollars each month that the Port Authority is paying out because of a losing financial gamble: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is shelling [...]
The Port Authority has just announced that PATH trains, suspended since noon on Saturday due to Hurricane Irene, will resume full service at 4 am tomorrow morning. NJ Transit has yet to announce its plans for rail, bus and light rail service. Photo of a closed Grove Street PATH station by Jim Bartus
UPDATED AUGUST 26 at 5:40 PM “If you have a place that you can go, either in the Heights or a suburb or area away from the coast that might not be as seriously affected, we are asking that you do that today,” Mayor Healy says.
- Port Authority, ARC Tunnel & Christie: When New Jersey taxpayers were on the hook for billions in potential cost overruns tied to building a Hudson River transit tunnel last year, Gov. Christie stepped in and canceled the project to protect taxpayers. Christie said last year it would be “unthinkable” to ask state taxpayers to [...]
As was expected, the Port Authority’s board this morning voted to approve a modified toll and PATH fare hike plan. The plan calls for a 25-cent per year increase on the current $1.75 PATH fare over the course of four years, ultimately bringing the single ride fare to $2.75. The cost of a 30-day unlimited [...]
- PATH Fare & Toll Hikes: Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that they would support a $1.50 toll hike next month on Port Authority bridges and tunnels, followed by smaller annual increases that would push tolls up to $14 by 2015. The plan will still raise the PATH fare [...]
New Jersey voters oppose the Port Authority’s plan to raise tolls and have an unfavorable view of the bi-state agency, according to a poll released this morning by Quinnipiac University. Fifty-four percent of those polled say they don’t believe that tolls should be increased, no matter the economic conditions, while 41 percent say that economic [...]
To the Editor: As Chairman of the Hudson County Teenage Republicans, I oppose the increases on the PATH train, bridges and tunnels. I have the opportunity to represent 12 municipalities as a leader and I couldn’t believe when I heard of the increases. Currently, the PATH is $1.75; for it to increase to $2.75 would [...]
- NY Comptroller Slams Port Authority: Two days before the Port Authority is scheduled to vote on a record toll and fare hike, the New York State Comptroller released a scathing audit report yesterday afternoon asserting the bi-state agency wastes millions of dollars a year on overtime by failing to adequately staff its police, PATH [...]
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