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 with [...]
Last fall, NJ Transit approved a study to explore the feasibility of extending the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail from the West Side Avenue station across Route 440 to the planned Bayfront development along the Hackensack River.
The “alternatives analysis,” as it is called, is the first step in the long federal process, and in particular the [...]
- Montgomery Gardens’ Future: Jersey City Housing Authority executive director Maria Maio confirmed yesterday that Montgomery Gardens is the next Jersey City public housing project to get the HOPE VI treatment, with most of the 434-unit high-rise complex slated to be leveled and will be replaced by a seniors building and 60 to 90 other [...]
- Students Not Graduating: About 2,900 New Jersey high school seniors did not graduate last month because they did not pass the state’s alternate high school exit exam, known as the Alternate High School Assessment. Students in about 65 districts were affected, including Jersey City, Paterson, New Brunswick, East Orange, Newark and Union City, according [...]
As Jersey City and Hoboken both prepare redevelopment plans for the area east of the Palisade near Paterson Plank Road along the cities’ border, transportation planners are trying to figure out the best way to improve connectivity between the cities’ street grids, which don’t match up and often lead to heavy automobile traffic in the [...]
- Funding Cuts Reduce Adult Ed Opportunities: When the adult education program at the Hudson County Schools of Technology reopens in the fall, students will find themselves competing for spots and paying tuition. State funding was cut by more than three-quarters and the program will accept only one-fifth as many students as it has in [...]
- More on School Turnaround $$: The $4.5 and $4.3 million in federal School Improvement Grant money that Fred W. Martin Number 41 School and Snyder High School are receiving, respectively, is going to be used to turn both into arts schools. Snyder will reportedly take over Jersey City Arts High School and become the [...]
Right now, if you want to catch a number 99s or 10 Coach USA Red & Tan bus from the Heights into New York City during the morning rush hour, you’ve got very few options: if 5:37 am is too early, the next one doesn’t come until 7:25 am. And then if you miss the [...]
The Port Authority says that PATH ridership declined by 1.9 percent during the first three months of 2010, from 17.4 million passengers during the same period of 2009 to 17.1 million passengers this year. The 2009 figure was already a 2.3 percent drop from the same time period in 2008; that had been the first [...]
As we’ve reported, the East Coast Greenway Alliance is fighting to get access for bicycles and pedestrians as part of the new Portal Bridge being constructed to cross the Hackensack River.
Late last month the Alliance got a key supporter on board in the form of U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg. In a May 20 letter [...]
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