A new Monmouth University poll commissioned by New Jersey Future and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign finds that 95 percent of New Jersey residents think it is important that we pay to maintain and improve our transportation system.
Source: www.monmouth.edu
Yet almost half of the state’s residents don’t know that the Transportation Trust Fund is going broke. The […]
Posts Tagged ‘Transit’
Poll Shows New Jersey Residents Concerned About Transportation Funding
Monday, March 1st, 2010Stimulus Investment in Transit Creates Twice as Many Jobs as Roads
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010This according to the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), which analyzed data from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on state spending of federal stimulus dollars in 2009. The analysis found that “every billion dollars spent on public transportation produced 19,299 job-months, compared to 10,493 job-months for every billion spent on highway infrastructure.” This analysis […]
Budget Ax Falls on Transit, Spares Roads
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Newark Penn Station. Source: John O'Boyle/The Star-Ledger
In his address to the Legislature last Thursday, Governor Chris Christie proposed a number of cost-cutting measures designed to balance the state budget. Among those cuts was a $32 million reduction in the state’s payment to NJ TRANSIT. “The state cannot continue to subsidize New Jersey Transit to the […]
Groups to Governor Christie: No Cuts to Transit!
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Today New Jersey Future, along with 10 other planning, labor and environmental groups, released the following statement calling on Governor Christie to not cut funding for NJ Transit:
NJ Transit's Riverline in Trenton. Source: NJ.com
A broad coalition of labor, environmental, and planning groups called on Governor Christie to reconsider his proposal to drastically cut NJTransit funding, […]
Congressman Holt Joins Daily Commute For ‘Take Your Legislator To Work Day’
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Source: New Jersey Future
In an effort to raise awareness of the need to reform federal transportation funding, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt recently joined a local constituent and Peter Kasabach of New Jersey Future for “Take Your Legislator to Work Day,” a challenge for elected officials to experience the daily commutes of New Jersey constituents. Rep. […]
Menendez Co-Sponsors TOD Bill
Sunday, September 27th, 2009Transit Oriented Development in Jersey City
Menendez co-sponsors bill to promote TOD
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) has co-sponsored legislation introduced by Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut) to provide financial support for transit oriented development. According to a release from Senator Dodd’s office, the “Livable Communities Act” will:
Create competitive planning grants that towns […]
