Monday, June 17, 2013
Already in use in other parts of the state, free service is due in North Jersey by the end of 2013.
A brand new smartphone application available to NJ Transit riders in South Jersey to let them know bus arrival times is coming to the northern part of the state, reports NJ.com. “MyBus Now” was unveiled in December in a pilot program for bus routes near Trenton and Princeton. used in South Jersey last December. By April, it had spread to Atlantic City and Camden. A version of the program has been in Morristown since 2010. Now it's North Jersey's turn: This area is expected to have the free service by the end of the year. The app uses GPS and some proprietary technology to tell users at bus stops the buses within 30 minutes of their location. "My Bus Now" may have been useful to rush hour passengers waiting for NJ Transit’s No. 113 Express…
Saturday, June 15, 2013
No injuries reported in late-night incident on Friday.
An Orange man was arrested after an alleged assault at the South Orange train platform, authorities said. NJ transit spokeswoman Courtney Carroll said shortly before 11 p.m. Friday, Janson Wardlaw, of Orange, allegedly assaulted an unidentified victim. NJ Transit and South Orange Police responded to the scene, Carroll said. NJ transit police arrested Wardlaw and charged him with aggravated assault. No further information, including Wardlaw's age, was immediately available Saturday afternoon.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Do you want Wi-Fi on your New Jersey Transit commute? Vote in our poll.
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Wednesday, June 12
New Jersey Transit rail riders may soon be able to power up their laptop during the train ride. New Jersey Transit's board will vote Wednesday on whether to offer Wi-Fi at its stations and on trains, the The Associated Press reports. With more workers expected to put in time outside of the office, some commuters (or perhaps their bosses) bemoan the suck on productivity during commutes. Others may relish the time to unplug and just ride the rails. Tell us: Do you want Wi-Fi in NJ Transit trains? Or do you prefer a quieter commuting without keyboards clacking? (To view and vote in the poll on a mobile device, switch to the desktop view.)
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Sen. Frank Lautenberg's body was placed aboard a Washington, D.C.-bound Amtrak train Wednesday at the Secaucus Junction rail station that was named in his honor.
As a tribute to his advocacy of mass transit, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg's body was placed aboard a D.C.-bound Amtrak train in Secaucus Wednesday. Lautenberg's family and staff accompanied the senator for his final Amtrak ride to the nation's capital, where he'll be buried on Friday in Arlington National Cemetery. Prior to the Amtrak send-off, Rabbi Daniel Cohen of Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange, the congregation where the senator belonged, eulogized Lautenberg during a ceremony and color guard salute at the Secaucus Junction station's main concourse.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Sen. Frank Lautenberg's body was placed aboard a Washington, D.C.-bound Amtrak train Wednesday at the Secaucus Junction rail station that was named in his honor.
In a fitting tribute Wednesday to the man long known as one of Washington's foremost mass transit advocates, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg's body was taken by Amtrak train from the rail station that bears his name to the nation's capital, where it will lie in repose in the U.S. Senate Chamber through Thursday. Lautenberg's family and staff accompanied the senator for his final Amtrak ride, which was preceded by a brief ceremony and color guard salute at the Secaucus Junction station's main concourse, attended by some 100 mourners, including Gov. Chris Christie, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and former Gov. Richard Codey. Rabbi Daniel Cohen of Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange, the congregation where the senator belonged, eulogized Lautenberg at …
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Hackensack River dredging may cause periodic delays on several lines.
MidTown Direct riders could see periodic delays for the next couple of weeks, because of dredging work in the Hackensack River, according to a notice on New Jersey Transit's website. Customers of Midtown Direct as well as the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines might experience the service issues through June 17 from the opening of the Portal Bridge for increased marine traffic, said NJT.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The upcoming schedule is unchanged
The New Jersey Transit schedule that takes effect on June 2, here, has no news for South Orange-based commuters. For most riders, that's good news. The South Orange schedule was changed last fall, before Superstorm Sandy. Riders charged that fewer seats and stops meant more crowded trains. In spring, the situation was changed. The March 24 changes saw four of the seven peak period trains with the same or less travel time than existed last April. The travel time for the remaining three trains will only be from one to three minutes more that existed in April of 2012. In March, Village President Alex Torpey said in a statement: "We've had a lot of people work with us - we couldn't have made it happen alone. From our state legislators, to …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Mid-Town Direct, train station amenities and transit connections were among the issues raised by residents of the Oranges
Residents, business owners, private developers, nonprofit representatives, government officials and stakeholders want to changes made in Orange, especially the Orange and Highland train stations and NJ Transit service. Orange's Highland Station, in the heart of the ValleyArts district, is the station closest to South Orange's Mountain Station. Locals gathered Tuesday at a forum, convened by Together North Jersey. Through a federal grant, the group seeks community input about the inner Morris and Essex Line NJ Transit train stations; specifically the Highland Avenue, Orange, Brick Church, East Orange and Newark Broad Street stations. Tuesday's group, facilitated by HANDS, Inc. gathered at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex …
Monday, April 15, 2013
Additional officers, both in uniform and dressed in plain clothes, will patrol the transit system, according to spokesperson.
NJ Transit is in a "heightened state of alert" in response to several explosions reported at the Boston Marathon this afternoon, according to NJ Transit spokesman John Durso Jr. “While there has been no specific threat made to our transit system at this time, NJ Transit police have deployed both uniformed and plain clothed officers to further patrol our system and keep our customers safe," Durso said in a press release. At least two people were killed and numerous people were injured in Boston this afternoon when there were two explosions within a mile of the Boston Marathon's finish line, according to Back Bay Patch. Another explosion was reported at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, however reports now indicate that that may have …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Nearly 4 out of 5 post-Sandy survey respondents now say they would recommend transportation agency to friend, relative.
A new customer satisfaction survey of New Jersey Transit customer’s post-Superstorm Sandy has overwhelmingly endorsed the job the agency has been doing, according to an announcement by the Christie administration and the agency Tuesday. In the online survey conducted Feb. 4 through February 25, or during the third quarter of the agency’s fiscal year, nearly four in five customers, or nearly 14,000 participants on the agency's website (njtransit.com) said they would recommend NJ Transit to a friend or relative. The results mark a new high for the statewide public transit agency. The survey asked bus, rail, light rail and Access Link customers to rate the agency on a scale of 0 to 10 and asked riders to also consider 41 attributes of the …
Erin Mone
4:55 pm on Tuesday, June 18, 2013
That would have come in handy last week on the 113 line....LOL more ›