TRENTON, New Jersey — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is poised to sign a $56.6 billion spending plan and a tax hike on the state’s largest corporations to fund public transportation. The state Legislature on Friday sent the annual spending bill as well as legislation to implement new tax hikes to Murphy’s desk. He is […]
When News Channel 5 investigative reporter Phil Williams posted the photo of the burning cross on his social media account on Saturday, it went predictably viral. “This is a photo of an actual cross burning here in Tennessee,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Monday on @NC5 at 6 PM, I’ll have the disturbing results […]
NJ Transit’s annual fare increases until the end of time begin Monday. Ticket prices at the public transportation agency go up 15% — and even more for riders who use expiring discount programs — starting July 1, the first rise in fares in nine years and the start of 3% annual fare increases going forward. […]
(Photo by Edwin J. Torres/N.J. Governor’s Office) The National Mediation Board has ended more than four years of negotiations between NJ Transit and a union representing its engineers without a resolution, paving the way for a strike that federal law could still delay by months. NJ Transit locomotive engineers have been working under an expired […]
Passengers were left bruised and battered after a Sound Transit bus crashed outside a downtown Seattle building Saturday night. Out of the 17 people on board, 11 had to go to the hospital, including the driver who fractured his hip. Police say the driver told them the bus brakes went out just before swerving into […]
Extreme heat coupled with strained infrastructure, malfunctions and mechanical problems on Amtrak and New Jersey Transit brought agony and massive delays for tens of thousands of commuters throughout the Northeast this week. Rail service between New Jersey and New York’s Penn Station was suspended Thursday before the evening commute and again on Friday morning, with […]
NJ Transit and Amtrak service into and out of New York Penn Station was facing massive delays Thursday evening after a power issue caused a lengthy disruption heading into rush hour. All power had been restored around 5:30 p.m., according to Amtrak, with all rail service between New Haven and Philadelphia resuming — but “significant […]
NJ Transit and Amtrak service into and out of New York Penn Station was facing massive delays Thursday evening after a power issue caused a lengthy disruption heading into rush hour. All power had been restored around 5:30 p.m., according to Amtrak, with all rail service between New Haven and Philadelphia resuming — but “significant […]
In the Triangle, where plans for commuter and light rail have come to naught, mass transit largely means one thing: buses, usually big enough to seat 40 people. But now a relatively new kind of transit is popping up around the region, one that has as much in common with Uber and Lyft as with […]
The Oak Ridge Disability and Senior Advisory boards will hold three public meetings June 25-27 about Oak Ridge Transit and its contract renewal. Members of the community who have used or would like to use public transit in Oak Ridge are encouraged to attend and share their experiences, needs and ideas. Scarboro Community Center, 148 […]
STORY: :: A timelapse shows the reopening of Baltimore’s main shipping channel this week :: The major transportation artery was blocked after a cargo ship struck the Key Bridge in March :: June 12, 2024 :: Baltimore, Maryland The deadly March 26 collision of the cargo ship Dali into the Francis Scott Key Bridge had […]
Utah Rep. Burgess Owens said as he reviewed everything he saw related to public transportation on his trip to Nevada in December 2023, he came away impressed. During this field tour, organized by the Western Caucus Foundation, the Utah 4th District congressman and a handful of colleagues learned more about Hoover Dam and inspected the […]