More than $3.5 billion in toll money will be redirected to NJ Transit over the next seven years, under an agreement approved by New Jersey Turnpike Authority commissioners Tuesday.
Total resources for NJ Transit in fiscal 2022 are proposed to reach a record $2.65 billion, a 9% increase compared to the current year, helped greatly by federal reimbursements of qualified operating costs.
At an Assembly budget committee hearing, the state transportation commissioner warns the budget adopted next summer will be quite challenging for NJ Transit.
Another 17 new locomotive engineers graduated after 20 months of NJ Transit training Thursday and the agency says it is on track to finally have a full roster of the train operators by early next year.
One bus rear-ended the other as both were traveling from Exit 16E to Route 495 east, an NJ Transit spokeswoman said. Both buses were headed to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City.
The "Ride to Recovery" plan breaks down into six parts: service, cleanliness, distancing, communication, protective equipment and public safety, and screening and testing.