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Ho-Ho-Kus NJ, on or about May 13th and for the next two to three weeks roadwork will have roads closed and detours at various times involving the following Borough streets:
Mill Rd, Arrow Lane, Cleverdon Rd, Brandywine Rd, Van Dyke Rd, Valley Forge Way & Washington Ave.
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Ridgewood NJ, as previously reported on or about May 15, 2021, the Glenwood Road Hill will be closed while the NJ Department of Transportation and NJ Transit improve the railroad crossing at the Ho-Ho-Kus train station. This closure will last for approximately 30 days. When Glenwood Road reopens, it will be a one-way street, down the hill.
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Ridgewood NJ, on or about May 15, 2021, the Glenwood Road Hill will be closed while the NJ Department of Transportation and NJ Transit improve the railroad crossing at the Ho-Ho-Kus train station. This closure will last for approximately 30 days. When Glenwood Road reopens, it will be a one-way street, down the hill.
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Lyndhurst NJ, Governor Phil Murphy, New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chair Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin S. Corbett, and state and local officials today celebrated the groundbreaking for construction of a new, ADA-accessible train station in Lyndhurst. The new facility, thanks to $30.9 Million provided by the state’s partners at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), replaces a station more than a century old and will be located at the intersection of Delafield Avenue and Court avenues, a more convenient location closer to the commuter parking lot.
Continue reading NJ Transit Breaks Ground on New $31.5 Million Lyndhurst Train Station
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Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT POLICE remind cyclists ,If you travel by bike, NEVER use a cable or cord style lock to connect your bike to a bicycle rack. ALWAYS use U-Style locks, solid chains, or lockers. Cable bicycle locks have a strong possibility of being defeated.
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Hackensack NJ, a man was killed when he was struck by a NJ Transit commuter train near Hackensack’s Essex Street Station.
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Ridgewood NJ, Governor Murphy, NJ TRANSIT Chair Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin Corbett, and local officials today marked the beginning of testing of the first of 25 new ALP-45 dual-power locomotives manufactured by Alstom during a ceremony that was held on Track A at Newark Penn Station.
Continue reading NJ TRANSIT BEGINGS TESTING NEW DUAL-POWER LOCOMOTIVES
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Morristown NJ, Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Morris County Sheriff James Gannon, Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of Detectives Christoph Kimker, New Jersey Transit Police Chief Christopher Trucillo and Morristown Police Department Acting Chief Darnell Richardson announce an investigation into a deceased male found in Morristown, New Jersey.
Continue reading Body Discovered at Morristown Train Station
Clinic Vaccinates Nearly 1,000 NJ TRANSIT, NJDOT, Port Authority and New Jersey Turnpike Authority Employees in Single Day
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Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority teamed up with Walgreens today to expedite the effort to vaccinate employees during a large-scale vaccine clinic in Newark. The clinic had capacity to vaccinate nearly 1,000 employees of the agencies in a single day.
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Elizabeth NJ, during the early morning hours of 3/19/21, NJTPD officers responded to a report of a conductor assaulted at North Elizabeth Station. The officers apprehended a subject who allegedly struck a conductor in the face with a closed fist. This subject now faces multiple charges including Aggravated Assault, Hindering, and Theft of Service.
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Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT customers will soon have the chance to save money at local businesses through NJT REWARDS, the new free NJ TRANSIT rewards program pilot where customers earn points towards purchases at participating local businesses. Beginning April 5th customers can join the program through the NJ TRANSIT mobile app and begin earning points, which can be redeemed for deals at participating local shops, restaurants and attractions as well as at participating national chains.
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Ridgewood NJ, Real estate website Niche.com has announced its annual “Best Places to Live in New Jersey” list. Overall, Princeton Junction and Princeton finished 1-2 in the statewide rankings, followed by Ridgewood, Mountain Lakes, Upper Montclair, Princeton Meadows, Ho-Ho-Kus, New Providence, Glen Rock, and Monmouth Junction in the top 10.
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Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT has launched a mobile app for Access Link customers, providing them with a user-friendly interface for making, canceling and monitoring reservations. Access Link users will also be able to update customer information and monitor the status of their EZ-Wallet payment accounts with just a few clicks on the app.
Continue reading NJ TRANSIT LAUNCHES MOBILE APP FOR ACCESS LINK CUSTOMERS
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Newark NJ, NJ Transit police operation results in apprehensions for extensive vandalism to NJ TRANSIT equipment.
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East Rutherford NJ, NJ TRANSIT continues advancing the “Innovation Challenge” project, moving it into the next phase of the development process. Today the Request for Proposals (RFP) has been issued to develop an inventive and original solution to increase mass transit capacity between the Frank R. Lautenberg Rail Station at Secaucus Junction and the Meadowlands Complex.
