NJ TRANSIT Eyes Linden Site After Flooding In Kearny, Hoboken
NJ TRANSIT is learning a lesson from superstorm Sandy, which ravaged its storage facilities in Kearny and Hoboken, causing $100 million in damage.
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NJ TRANSIT is learning a lesson from superstorm Sandy, which ravaged its storage facilities in Kearny and Hoboken, causing $100 million in damage.
A winter weather advisory is in effect for parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut until 4 p.m.
Systemwide, rail operations will reach 94 percent of its pre-Sandy service, operating 658 of the 700 weekday trains scheduled prior to the storm.
Starting Monday, life after Superstorm Sandy will be back to normal at last for the vast majority of TRANSIT passengers.
Executive director James Weinstein said full restoration marks another milestone because most customers commute to and from Manhattan.
The terminal was briefly closed and buses were halted as a precaution as Con Edison crews investigated.
After about six weeks, there is light at the end of the tunnel for residents of the "Mile Square City."
It will take two to three more months for NJ TRANSIT to make interim repairs to the substation that powers the Hoboken Terminal and its electric trains running on overhead wires.
A simple family outing to the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree quickly turned into a nightmare for a New Jersey family over the weekend.
The New Jersey state Assembly held a committee hearing Monday on the damage sustained by NJ TRANSIT's infrastructure during superstorm Sandy.
Tri-State Area lawmakers and officials made visits to Washington this week to talk to President Barack Obama and members of Congress about the impact of storm and what's needed for recovery.
NJT came under fire for leaving trains in rail yards prone to flooding and, in total, 62 locomotives and 261 rail cars were damaged.
In the month since superstorm Sandy, NJ TRANSIT has restored at least some service to all of its train lines, except the Gladstone Branch. But that could change soon.
The snow began early in the morning, and in parts of our area, roughly four inches fell, forcing some residents in New Jersey to break out their shovels in the afternoon.
A wintry mix of rain and snow is expected to move into the region early Tuesday morning, making some roads slippery and slushy.
While trains in and out of Penn Station are now operating with residual delays, there were major problems for getaway day commuters earlier in the day.
Senator Frank Lautenberg has announced he plans to hold a hearing at some point to look into why the train fleet suffered tens of millions of dollars worth of damage during the storm.
AAA forecasts that 43.6 million people will traveler for Thanksgiving nationwide -- an uptick of less than one percent over last year with more than 90 percent getting to their destinations by car.
The agency says it will discontinue most of the free shuttle bus and ferry services it initiated after Superstorm Sandy by 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Logic seems to suggest moving belongings to higher ground if the water is rising, but as Superstorm Sandy approached, NJ TRANSIT stored hundreds of train cards in rail yards near sea level.
Trains are rolling again on the North Jersey Coast line between Bay Head and New York City and Hoboken.
NJ TRANSIT has launched an internal probe into its preparations for Superstorm Sandy, according to a published report.
Limited service has been restored on the Montclair-Boonton Line into Penn Station in New York City and to Hoboken.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said five people were injured in an eight-vehicle crash in the afternoon just hours after two buses collided near the Lincoln Tunnel.
Transit executive director James Weinstein told the Associated Press the North Jersey Coast Line could resume limited service between Long Branch and New York City within seven to 10 days.
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Back in September, Judge Timothy Mazzei ruled all seven murder cases against him will be tried together.
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There's plenty of sunshine is on the way to the Tri-State Area, but the First Alert Weather team is also tracking a round of snow later this week.
It was a mostly dry Sunday, until some snow squalls briefly hit the Tri-State Area on Sunday night.
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It'll happen at 3 p.m. at the New Jersey State House.
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There's plenty of sunshine is on the way to the Tri-State Area, but the First Alert Weather team is also tracking a round of snow later this week.
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A new bill proposed in New York would target private businesses that don't quickly turn over surveillance footage after a crime. The legislation is named after the young employee killed at a Long Island CVS on Christmas Day.
There's plenty of sunshine is on the way to the Tri-State Area, but the First Alert Weather team is also tracking a round of snow later this week.
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It was a mostly dry Sunday, until some snow squalls briefly hit the Tri-State Area on Sunday night.
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