Transportation

A pilot program spending $15 million a year for three years on electric school buses survives criticism and is passed by the Assembly.

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said there has been “no infrastructure bill in our lifetime” as impactful as this one, which he called “a big freaking deal.”

The Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River, which connects New Jersey to New York and points north and south, was built during the Taft administration and was considered state of the art at the time, Biden said.

With the U.S. Senate on the verge of approving a long-sought infrastructure package, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Somerset and Union counties Monday to tout what it would mean for New Jersey.

Transportation advocates worry a hike in NJ Transit fares could be next and say the state should divert toll-hike revenue rather than widen roads.