Transportation

How would you rate Jersey Shore roadways ?   The Reason Foundation has come out with their 22nd Annual Highway Report and it's not good news for New Jersey drivers. Jersey ranked 49th in the U.S. in condition and cost-effectiveness. Think ab...

How would you rate Jersey Shore roadways ?   The Reason Foundation has come out with their 22nd Annual Highway Report and it's not good news for New Jersey drivers. Jersey ranked 49th in the U.S. in condition and cost-effectiveness. Think ab...

The wheels are turning at least in a proposal for a fast rail line that would run through Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex County and up to Essex County to start but it could eventually run through the entire state. Berkeley Township Council President John Bacchione who is leading the efforts for a speed rail, along with his council says it is still in the infancy stages.

Funding has been secured to widen and improve a traffic-plagued section of Route 66 in Neptune. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) led the effort to arrange $12 million in federal funds, which means the neither the state nor the municipality will bear the financial burden...

As congestion on New Jersey roads and highways keeps getting worse, a growing number of commuters are using back roads on their trip to and from work. The new traffic patterns have resulted in jams, especially in parts of Central Jersey, and new headaches for the state Department of Transportation (DOT).

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone and several transportation advocates gathered at the Route 35 Bridge in Perth Amboy on Monday, calling on Congress to replenish the federal Highway Trust Fund.

New Jersey's top transportation official said there's a host of reasons why the state is spending more money on its road system than other states spend on their state-controlled road systems.

It's no secret that New Jersey is running out of money to pay for fixing roads, bridges and tunnels. How to generate revenue to replenish the Transportation Trust Fund has been a hot topic in Trenton, but nobody can seem to agree on a funding source.

Three Monmouth County communities get solid recommendations to enhance the transportation corridor that connects them, as part of the "Connecting Community Corridors" Local Demonstration Project.

A New Jersey legislative committee that's planning to review the failures of NJ Transit during Superstorm Sandy is going to expand the session to review a number of other problems the agency has recently had.