Environmentally Friendly Shelter Uses Solar To Power Lights and USB Charging Ports
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Cherry Hill NJ, NJ TRANSIT has unveiled a new state-of-the art solar panel bus shelter in Cherry Hill, the first of its kind for the agency. The latest generation shelter continues to advance NJ TRANSIT’s sustainability goals laid out in its 10-Year Strategic Plan. The solar panels on the roof of the shelter harness the power of the sun to recharge a battery which operates the shelter’s lights at night and adds a new customer convenience in USB charging ports. We were hoping for heat in the winter but I guess you can’t have everything .
Continue reading NJ TRANSIT UNVEILS FIRST SOLAR POWERED BUS SHELTER
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Ridgewood NJ, Forbes has named NJ TRANSIT to its renowned America’s Best Employers By State 2021 list. Of the 1,330 employers that made the final list, only 90 New Jersey organizations were included in the annual top pick ranking which, according to Forbes, measures leading companies from around the world to identify those best-liked by employees. In 2018, NJ TRANSIT was named one of the country’s top 500 employers in Forbes’ America’s Best Employers 2018 list.
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Continue reading NJ Transit K9 Officer and Concerned Citizens Help Reunite Lost Child with Family
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Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT customers are welcome to once again use NJ TRANSIT indoor waiting rooms at rail stations that are not staffed with ticket agents beginning Tuesday, September 7th. Waiting rooms were temporarily closed as a precaution to protect customers and employees against the spread of COVID-19. The station waiting rooms will be open for the same hours they were prior to the pandemic. Waiting rooms with staffed ticket windows have been open since September 2020.
Continue reading NJ TRANSIT TO REOPEN REMAINING RAIL WAITING ROOMS ON SEPTEMBER 7th
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NJ TRANSIT crews have been working around the clock to assess damage from the storm and make the necessary repairs and inspections to resume service as quickly and safely as possible for our customers. The storm inflicted significant impacts to tracks and roadways with areas of high water and significant debris throughout the system. Please see below for systemwide service information.
AirTrain Newark Suspended Saturday Night to Sunday Morning for Routine Maintenance
Reminder: Face Coverings Continue to Be Required in All Port Authority Facilities, Including Airports, Midtown Bus Terminal and on AirTrain
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Hoboken NJ, For the week of August 27 to September 2, 2021, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey encourages all travelers who use the agency’s facilities to plan ahead and consider additional travel time due to the following:
LANE CLOSURES IN EFFECT
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Newark NJ, NJ TRANSIT continues to advance the $190-million renovation and revitalization of Newark Penn Station with today’s release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Master Planning, Conceptual, Preliminary, and Final Design, and Construction Assistance Services. In December, Governor Phil Murphy joined NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin Corbett, community leaders and municipal, county and state officials to announce this major investment that will breathe new life into the 86-year-old station and it’s surrounding area in the downtown of the State’s largest city.
Continue reading NJ TRANSIT Advances Newark Penn Station Redesign
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Albany NY, New York’s state legislators will after all issue a public report on their findings from an impeachment probe into Andrew Cuomo’s sexual misconduct and his horrific handling of COVID and the subsequent cover-up.
Continue reading NY Legislators To Release Investigative Report On Cuomo’s Nursing Home Scandal
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New York NY, New York City has become the first major city to require proof of COVID vaccination in such indoor venues as bars, gyms, theaters, and museums.
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Newark NJ, On Monday 8/2/21, New Jersey Transit Police Officers Penalva and Ydo were on a patrol detail at Newark Penn Station. The officers observed a man enter the station while brandishing a knife and chasing another man. The officers quickly acted to disarm and ultimately apprehend the aggressor. Their immediate response prevented any injury and brought a safe resolution to a dangerously unfolding incident.
Continue reading Armed man spotted chasing another, disarmed and apprehended by NJ Transit Police
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Ridgewood NJ, The NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors today adopted the 2021 update to A Five-Year Capital Plan along with the Fiscal Year 2022 authorization to secure funding. A Five-Year Capital Plan is an unconstrained vision of projects to demonstrate opportunities for safety, service, reliability, resiliency, sustainability and other improvements critical to NJ TRANSIT.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ recently released results from the American Time Use Survey new data verified what many have already experienced, the “commute is dead” and “remote work is hear to stay”.
Continue reading New Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: The “Commute is Dead”
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Albany NY , New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s book American Crisis, written with the help of his taxpayer-funded aides, netted him a $5.1 million book deal. The New York Governor said in a speech to the nation’s governors,
“Very few people were going through what we went through (with the pandemic) and we went through it together. And speaking for myself, it was a tremendous personal benefit.”
