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May 19, 2015
C&S/IT

Meg Baker and her trusty Speed-O-Meter to the rescue!

CBS News legends Edward R. Murrow, Fred Friendly, Charles Kuralt and Walter Cronkite must be turning over and hurling in their graves.

April 13, 2015
Commuter/Regional

Easy on, easy off

Flexible, cost-effective, and safe, Amtrak’s innovative Mobile Passenger Scaffolding benefits passengers and work crews alike.

September 11, 2014
Commuter/Regional

Lavell named NJT Rail GM

New Jersey Transit has appointed Robert M. Lavell as Vice President and General Manager of Rail Operations.

July 11, 2014
Commuter/Regional

NJT sets FY 2015 capex, operating budgets

New Jersey Transit has implemented a $2.019 billion operating budget and a $1.203 billion capital program for the fiscal year that started July 1, 2014.

February 19, 2014
Commuter/Regional

NJT Executive Director Weinstein resigns

James Weinstein, executive director of New Jersey Transit, the nation’s third-largest public transportation agency, announced Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, that he has resigned effective March 2. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who appointed Weinstein in 2010, said Weinstein will be replaced by Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim, currently executive director of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

February 11, 2014
Commuter/Regional

PBS documentary traces Penn Station’s rise, fall

The PBS series AMERICAN EXPERIENCE will premiere “The Rise and Fall of Penn Station,” produced by Randall MacLowry, on Feb. 18, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.

January 16, 2014
Intercity

Amtrak adds its services to Super Bowl plans

Amtrak has announced it will utilize New Jersey Transit’s Secaucus Junction Station, located on its Northeast Corridor, to help deliver customers to and from Super Bowl XLVIII, being held at MetLife Stadium in nearly East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014.

December 18, 2013
Commuter/Regional

NJT completes mobile ticketing rollout

New Jersey Transit has completed systemwide rollout of its mobile rail ticketing, MyTix, expanded it to the Northeast Corridor and Atlantic City Rail Line. MyTix enables customers to purchase and display rail one-way tickets, weekly passes, and monthly passes for travel to and from all 165 NJT rail stations using their smartphones.

December 09, 2013
Commuter/Regional

NJT offers SUPER PASS for Super Bowl XLVIII

New Jersey Transit on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, launched “a commemorative, unlimited ride SUPER PASS that will speed travel for customers utilizing the agency’s transit system throughout Super Bowl Week.”

September 25, 2013
Commuter/Regional

NJT transfer station to open next month

New Jersey Transit’s Pennsauken Transit Center is expected to open next month, with Sunday, Oct. 13, a possible target date, according to the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers (NJ-ARP).