NJ Transit to Cross-Honor Tickets Due to Storm

Winter weather event expected to bring rain, snow to region on Tuesday.

You know December is just around the corner when stories like this start coming out. As the region prepares for winter while continuing to recover from Sandy, another storm is predicted to hit the area late Monday evening into Tuesday, providing rain and snow and ensuring messy commutes. NJ Transit will cross-honor tickets all day on Tuesday, "enabling customers to use their ticket or pass on an alternate travel mode-rail, bus or light rail," according to a press release. "For example, customers who normally take the bus from Rutherford to the Port Authority Bus Terminal may use their bus pass on the train from Rutherford to New York Penn Station. Similarly, customers who normally take the bus between Atlantic City and Lindenwold may use …

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Along the Green Path

A Vision for Bergen County's Master Plan

Joseph Dunsay considers proposed transit improvements in Bergen County

Bergen County is revising its decades old master plan. The planning department held visioning workshops so the public could help develop the new master plan. There were visioning workshops for Southern Bergen County, Northeastern Bergen County, and Northwestern Bergen County. Taxes, rents, environmental protection, and transit were mentioned at the visioning workshops. Participants noted the lack of intra-county mass transit options. Even though the majority of Bergen County commuters travel to jobs within Bergen County, mass transit is focused on bringing commuters to New York City. The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system connects Bergen County with Hudson County, and a proposed east-west railway would connect Bergen County with Passaic …

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