Lackawanna Coalition

by former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, on what makes an advanced city: “not one where even the poor drive cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transit.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3YjeARuilI We need to walk as birds need to fly and deer need to run. A bus with 80 people deserves 8...

Here is the map!

agenda may be found here:
https://d2g63oyneaimm8.cloudfront.net/s ... Agenda.pdf

Interesting article about retail in Bergen County, not completely rail-related, of course: http://healthandlifemags.com/bergen/Feb ... oming-But/

I checked out the new “Progress by the Numbers” data page on the NJ Transit Web site (https://www.njtransit.com/var/var_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=ProgressByNumbersTo )—some details on rail and bus, less on light rail and Accesslink. Even those details could be better—what is “unpreventable” as a cau...

Attached are pieces of the UUFaithActionNJ Environmental Justice occasional newsletter regarding transportation-related climate events. Tomorrow night at Rutgers New Brunswick, there is a lecture on the transition to a “clean, equitable, and resilient transportation future”. For those in Bergen Coun...

This today (1 October 2019) from N.J. Senate Democrats: Senate President Creates Select Committee to Investigate New Jersey Transit Sweeney: NJ Transit’s failures hurt economy, housing values & quality of life for commuters TRENTON—Senate President Steve Sweeney announced today the creation of t...

We were invited to speak, but miscommunication, vacation, and logistics prevented it—will post our statement here. If you want to comment, here are details as to the best way to do that: The deadline to submit comments on the draft EMP is September 16, 2019 at noon (12 p.m.). . . . The public is enc...

this evening at the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack, followed by an added public hearing at the Bergen County administration building, One Bergen County Plaza (Pascack Valley Line and a variety of buses.) Facebook event for details: https://www.facebook.com/events/2591447360907051/

by @NJTRANSIT!