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Share/Save 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 [...]

Share/SavePeople 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 [...]

Share/SaveDo 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 [...]

Share/Save- 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 [...]

Share/SaveAbout a year ago, Hudson County planning officials began a study on how to best improve transportation in the area along the Jersey City/Hoboken border as both cities planned for redevelopment in the area. The study, known as the Jersey City/Hoboken Subregional Transportation Study, had the aim of improving the flow of auto traffic, both [...]

Share/SaveBus Rapid Transit to Journal Square, a bikeway along the Morris Canal and permanent mass transit into the heart Liberty State Park — these are the major transportation issues soon to be examined in Jersey City, now that the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) has authorized three new local studies as part of its [...]

Jersey City paved the way for a more egalitarian use of the city’s transportation infrastructure by establishing a Complete Streets policy at the last City Council meeting, by a unanimous 9 to 0 vote. The policy, which calls for “roadways that enable safe and convenient access for all users,” represents the planning community’s rethinking of what — and whom — a road should be designed for.

Share/Save- More Charges for Murder Suspect: The Jersey City man charged with murdering a 69-year-old neighbor on Sunday has also been charged with groping a female police detective while at the police station. – Shooting: A man riding on the back of a scooter shot and injured two men in a ride-by shooting in Jersey [...]

Share/Save- Quiet Retirement Payouts to Top City Employees Who Weren’t Retiring: Two years ago, Jersey City quietly permitted four top officials to accept payments of up to half their accrued sick leave to “help retain senior administrative officials who had not seen a salary increase for some time.” – Homicide: A 69-year-old Jersey City man [...]

Share/SaveBike to Work Week kicks off on Monday, and to celebrate, the Hudson County Transportation Management Association (TMA) is hosting several workshops and classes on bike safety in Jersey City and elsewhere in the county. “The TMA’s effort to promote bicycle use and bicycle safety is what Bike to Work Week is really all about,” [...]