- Man Bites Man: A 52-year-old Jersey City man reportedly bit off part of a neighbor’s nose when a dispute turned physical Sunday. – Shooting: An 18-year-old Jersey City man was shot in the leg Sunday night at Grant and Rose Avenues. The man, who was uncooperative with the police, was treated at the Jersey [...]
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 [...]
On August 19, 1939, the Blue Comet train departed from Atlantic City bound for Jersey City, just as it had done each day since it began service ten years earlier. The train — a “deluxe day coach train with locomotive capable of reaching 100 miles per hour,” as the New York Times wrote in 1929 [...]
- 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 [...]
- 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 [...]
The Port Authority’s billion-dollar toll hike proposal is on a fast track through public hearings today and slated for approval by the Port Authority board Friday. But look for Gov. Chris Christie and his New York counterpart, Andrew Cuomo, to slam on the brakes.
With Friday’s Port Authority board vote on the agency’s package of toll and PATH fare hikes looming, local activists are hitting the streets again Monday evening, with another protest scheduled for this afternoon at the Journal Square PATH station. Tonight’s protest, organized by the same coalition that put together last week’s, is scheduled from 4 [...]
People angry with the Port Authority’s plan to raise PATH fares and tolls descended on Journal Square during yesterday’s rush hour to protest the proposal, which would raise bridge and tunnel tolls, which were just increased from $6 to $8 three years ago, to $12 next month and to $14 in 2014, and would hike [...]
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 [...]
- UBS Gets Tax Break to Keep Jobs in JC: New Jersey has awarded a $27 million tax break to UBS Financial Services Inc. to keep the company from moving 2,000 employees in Weehawken and Jersey City out of state. – Aid to Cities: Negotiations between Gov. Christie and legislators on restoring up to $139 [...]
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