Last month, the Obama administration announced a whopping $8 billion in federal stimulus money that is going to 31 states to build and plan for high speed rail. As part of that, New Jersey has been tapped to receive $38.5 million for the reconstruction the Portal Bridge, a century-old structure that takes Amtrak and NJ [...]
The German company Siemens says a consortium that it leads has signed a $321 million contract with the Port Authority to modernize and automate the PATH system, increasing rider capacity from 240,000 to 290,000 passengers a day by 2017. The contract covers the implementation of a new Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC) on the system, which [...]
Last week the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey authorized an additional $2 million for planning the replacement of the PATH train’s s No. 8 substation east of the New Jersey Turnpike in Kearny. The substation converts high-voltage power into usable levels for the trains. The PATH system [...]
Environment New Jersey released a report yesterday on ridership statistics for the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR), and what those statistics mean in terms of overall environmental quality and land-use policy. The group found that nearly 16 million riders used the HBLR system in 2007, a more than 13 percent increase over 2007′s ridership numbers. That [...]
The Jersey City Master Plan’s Circulation Element, a long-term multimodal transportation planning document, has been given the Outstanding Plan Award by the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association. The circulation element, which you can peruse here if you’re so inclined, is the product of two years of work by the city’s planning department, [...]
In 2008, transit ridership in New Jersey increased by more than 5 percent above 2007 levels, according to a report released last week by the nonprofit group Environment New Jersey (in conjunction with their national partner Environment America). Conversely, there was a 4 percent decrease in the number of miles driven in the state, which [...]
The NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors approved a study today that explores the feasibility of extending the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail from its current western terminus at West Side Avenue Station across Route 440 to a huge mixed-use redevelopment zone along the Hackensack Riverfront. The study will be undertaken by consulting group AKRF, Inc., which scored [...]
Though our state is often the butt of jokes that paint it as a highway-choked, pollution-clogged asphalt wasteland, a new report by a national nonprofit shows New Jersey is among the national leaders in breaking automobile dependence. “Fighting Oil Addiction: Ranking States’ Oil Vulnerability and Solutions for Change,” a new report from the Natural Resources [...]
News from the shootout: * One of the two police officers still hospitalized has been upgraded from “critical” to “serious but guarded” condition. * Jersey City Police Chief Tom Comey talks to the Times about the shootout and crime in Jersey City. (Bonus: Check out this line about Chilltown, an instant classic: “Walking downtown, it [...]
Within the $787 billion stimulus bill that became law earlier this year, Congress provided states and Metropolitan Planning Organizations with $26.6 billion in flexible funds for transportation projects. The first half of the funding was to be committed within 120 days, which happens to be today, June 29. Smart Growth America, in conjunction with state [...]
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