Category Archives: Commuting

The storm that dropped five inches of rain on parts of New Jersey yesterday led Acting Gov. Dick Codey to declare a state of emergency and advise residents this morning to stay home today if they can. Dozens of stetches...

Updating the item below... SeaStreak has now cancelled ALL boats to and from Highlands. From the carrier's latest email blast: Due to ice conditions SeaStreak will be making the following changes today's schedule: All service to and from Highlands will...

... Seastreak starts c-c-c-cancelling ferry runs because of ice. Which is what they're doing t.-t-t-today. The following departures are cancelled, according to an email sent out at midmorning to subscribers: 11:45a from E. 34th Street & 12:00p from Pier 11...

Today's Asbury Park Press has a story about what may prove to be the first test of the Democratic majority's professed willingness to "work with" Councilman John Curley: parking fines. Curley, one of two Republicans on the six-member council, wants...

NJ Transit is adding a new express train to New York along the North Jersey Coast line next week, according to an agency news release. The new run will leave Long Branch at 6:30a and stop in Little Silver, Red...

Sea Containers Ltd., the Bermuda-based parent of ferry operator SeaStreak America, has filed for chapter 11 protection from creditors. But the operator of the Highlands and Atlantic Highlands ferries wants it known that it is not a party to the...

The North Jersey Coast Line train service to Newark and New York, which was reported suspended due to Amtrak power problems earlier this hour, is said to be back in service but experiencing "significant" delays. Commuters are being advised to...

Fatalities on New Jersey's major raodways are up this year by 18 percent, reversing a general trend of increasing roadway safety, today's Bergen Record reports. The article comes less than a week after two accidents on a short stretch of...

The SeaStreak ferry service is raising its fares effective Sept. 1 as part of a fuel-surcharge program it implemented last November to track rises and declines in fuel prices. Under the new prices, which are reviewed for upward or downward...

Here's the latest from NJ Transit, moved at 4:51p: NJ TRANSIT has resumed service between New York and Newark following earlier police activity... Passengers may expect residual delays, and potentially some train cancellations for approximately 30 minutes as we work...

NJ Transit is reporting that service has been suspended between New York and Secaucus due to police activity. Here's the text of the alert, issued at 4:13p: Due to police activity east of Secaucus Junction Station, NJ TRANSIT rail service...

A South Jersey man's attempt to pay a 70-cent Parkway fare with a token he bought for 35 cents was shot down in court yesterday. The Press of Atlantic City has the scoop. Theodore T. Harris's argument was that the...

90.5TheNight.org, the Brookdale Community College radio station, is reporting a water main break on Newman Springs Road (Route 520) near the entrance to the campus. Only eastbound traffic appears to be affected. The station reports that Although at this time...

"Jersey really in a jam," says a headline in today's Home News Tribune out of East Brunswick. "Jersey is in a jam as drivers beat retreat from the heat," says another, in today's Newark Star-Ledger. The Home News Tribune article,...

Fourteen stations along NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line have been targeted for safety improvements to pedestrian track crossings following an accident in Belmar earlier this month, according to the Asbury Park Press. The initial report by the Press did...

Pundits are calling it this generation's version of the building of the George Washington Bridge, and it moves closer to reality today. The Port Authority is expected today to authorize the first $1 billion of spending to develop and build...

Today's Star-Ledger says the reason for last night's rail snarls between New York and Newark was that "the trouble-prone" Portal Bridge got stuck in the open position. The 96-year-old bridge between Secaucus and Kearney swivels to allow boat traffic through....

New Jersey Transit posted this alert three minutes ago: Due to Portal Bridge problems, service is temporarily suspended in and out of PSNY. NEC and NJC service in/out of Newark Penn is subject to 60 minute delays. Cross honoring with...