New Red Light Cameras Expected to Make the City Millions: Jersey City has quietly installed a new set of cameras at Jersey Avenue and 18th Street that will catch motorists blowing through red lights, part of an initiative officials hope will net the city $7 million annually. Richardson and Lavarro to be Sworn in Today: [...]
Bloomberg Supports Gas Pipeline: Breaking with elected officials on this side of the Hudson, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg indicated at a press conference yesterday that he is in favor of Spectra Energy’s controversial plans to extend a natural gas pipeline into the New York area. H&M Opens in Newport: A two-level, 20,000 square [...]
- At-Large Council Debate: Fourteen of the 17 candidates for two At-Large council seats debated last night at the Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center on MLK Drive. – Trips Abroad to be Investigated: Hudson County Freeholder Chairman Bill O’Dea says he is launching an inquiry into the professional trips that Hudson County Community College employees [...]
The Hudson Transportation Management Association (TMA), a nonprofit organization that works with county government to lessen traffic problems and encourage transportation alternatives, is encouraging Hudson County residents to go car free (or reduce vehicle use and go “car lite”) this Thursday as part of the worldwide CarFree Day. “Instead of driving, walk your kids to [...]
- Toll Hikes: A lesser-known aspect of the toll hike that took effect Sunday: peak periods were extended by an hour. – Murder Suspect Arrested: A 19-year-old Jersey City man on the run since July when he allegedly killed a man with three gunshots to the back was arrested yesterday in a Grant Avenue building [...]
The old Route 1&9 Truck viaduct over St. Pauls Avenue was permanent closed to traffic over the weekend and will be demolished, according to the state Department of Transportation. The viaduct, which was constructed in 1928, had been deemed “structurally deficient and functionally obsolete” by transportation officials. Drivers heading east from the area will now [...]
The original Park(ing) Day in San Francisco. Photo: Rebar/Andrea Scher The international alternative-transportation event known as Park(ing) Day is once again upon us, and the Hudson Transportation Management Association (TMA) is celebrating the event in the Newport area for the second year in a row. On Friday, the organization will turn several parking spaces into [...]
- Beldini: A day after former deputy mayor Leona Beldini lost her appeal, the U.S. Attorney’s Office yesterday asked a federal judge to revoke her bail and send her to prison. – Webb-Washington Indicted: Jersey City housing activist and former City Council candidate LaVern Webb-Washington was indicted yesterday for defrauding her campaign fund in connection [...]
- Beldini Appeal Denied: The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has denied former Jersey City deputy mayor Leona Beldini’s appeal of her conviction last year on federal bribery charges. – Candidate Filing Deadline Mixup: Candidates hoping to run this November for two vacant At-Large seats on the City Council were scrambling yesterday after they [...]
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 [...]
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