Tuesday, October 12, 2010 (Afternoon)
NEWS
Cash-strapped NJ Transit proposes commercial development at historic Hoboken Terminal (Frassinelli, The Star-Ledger) Hoboken, Hudson County
“Thomas Edison was at the throttle of the first electrified train driven from Hoboken Terminal eight decades ago.”
OPINION
Christie off the rails on tunnel (Staff Editorial, The Asbury Park Press) Statewide
“Gov. Chris Christie’s announcement Thursday that he was pulling the plug on a new Hudson River rail tunnel that had been more than a decade in the planning stages was his latest in a line of “my way or the highway” decrees.
New Jersey has long been a transportation innovator (Model, for newsjerseynewsroom.com) Statewide
“Most don’t think of our roads here in New Jersey. They’re too crowded. Many from elsewhere associated our state with less scenic parts of the Jersey Turnpike, making us the butt end of too many jokes. But the fact is that New Jersey has been an innovator in highway design.