From nj.com …
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Three people with disabilities have filed individual lawsuits against NJTransit claiming bus drivers passed them by or claimed an inability to help them, leaving them waiting at bus stops. They also complained drivers and train personnel were verbally abusive to them.
The suits were filed yesterday in Essex County Superior Court by Paulette Eberle, […]

…than me that I am posting a compliment about transportation.
I had a very pleasant experience traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday on JetBlue. Not only was the round trip less expensive than the United shuttle, but there was way more leg and head room.
In fact, things ran so smoothly that on the way back, we actually […]

Did anyone hear about this? I just found it. Very bizarre.
2 Killed on N.J. Transit Tracks
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 21, 2006
Filed at 9:26 a.m. ET
BRADLEY BEACH, N.J. (AP) — A man was struck and killed early Tuesday by a commuter train sent to pick up passengers stranded after their first train hit and killed […]

From the star ledger today
Turning free highways into fee highways
To bring in revenue, state treasurer looks at establishing tolls on some roads
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
BY TOM FEENEY
Star-Ledger Staff
In its continuing search for new ways to raise money, the Corzine administration is considering converting free highways into private toll roads.
The administration — in the most preliminary […]

Greetings from EuroStar somewhere between Brussels and London. I am enjoying a nice glass of wine, while I wait for my dinner (”Stoemp”, whatever that is). After that, I’ll recline the seat and snooze. Of course, it’s a wee bit more expensive then NJT…
Cheers,
Craps

This morning as I was driving on Easton Ave. headed toward 287 some smartass in his Mitsubishi Mirage decides to be speedracer and dodge in between cars. We passed the light on Franklin Blvd and started going up a hill where there are blind driveways and cars stop often to make a turn. One car […]

Yesterday, while driving home, I’m sitting at a traffic light and some idiot kid in a Jeep slams into me. The good news is everyone, including my 31-week pregnant wife , was ok. It certainly could have been much worse if he was going faster or if someone was in front of us.
The only thing […]

I was on one of those commuter vans/busses that run along West New York, NJ into Manhattan.
They don’t take standees due to federal law. The busses are not designed for that. Well, today this driver was taking everybody in. He even had a woman sitting in the stairwell!!
I told him he was in violation and […]

Who else was inconvenienced by the jumper (I assume it was a suicide) in Bridgewater? I got to Dunellen for my usual 7:06 AM. I knew there was touble when I was greeted by a sea of people. Announcements stated there were delays due to “police activity.”
After about 20 minutes, we were instructed to proceed […]

From NJ.com -
The NJ Transit Board approved an $11.8 million contract today to build a new entrance to New York Penn Station.
NJ Transit delivers about 70,000 riders a day to the midtown station, and 70 percent of them now crowd through the main entrance on 7th Avenue at 32nd Street with commuters heading to and […]