Colleen Wilson
Transportation Reporter at The Record (Bergen County)
Transportation reporter | The Record @northjersey | Product of Maryland - Go Terps | [email protected] | Member @theRecordGuild
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Colleen Wilson |Mike Davis
The ninth time Kelley Edwards was involved in a car crash, she was behind the wheel of a school bus, transporting a high school track team to a state tournament in Toms River. Elizabeth Garner’s 10th crash — the fourth in 10 years, and second in four months — also came while she was driving a school bus, on a side street of McCarter Highway in Newark.
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1 week ago |
northjersey.com | Colleen Wilson
An iconic building in downtown Newark could become a new police headquarters. A Ridgefield Park property has increased in price by tens of millions. These are two recent developments in real estate deals involving NJ Transit that would help the agency expand its police and bus operations, respectively. But the two matters are tied up in court as price tags get worked out amid eminent domain proceedings. The additions of these properties would add to the dozens NJ Transit has in its portfolio.
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2 weeks ago |
northjersey.com | Colleen Wilson
NEWARK — In the suite of billions of dollars of projects at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a $160 million effort may not seem significant — but to residents in the city’s South Ward, it's a very big deal. Kevin O’Toole, the Port Authority board chairman and a resident of Cedar Grove, said the impact of this project is as great as the $10 billion project to replace the Midtown Bus Terminal, which also had a groundbreaking event in recent weeks.
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2 weeks ago |
app.com | Colleen Wilson
2-minute readNJ Transit will be running train service to MetLife and there will be a combination of buses and trains serving people leaving MetLife as the matches are ending. The FIFA Club World Cup is getting underway Sunday, June 15. Here's how to get to the matches at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford and where to find free viewings. There will be nine matches held at MetLife Stadium between June 15 and the final on July 13.
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2 weeks ago |
northjersey.com | Colleen Wilson
The contract for the 450 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, which runs retroactively from 2020 to 2027, raises wages to $50 per hour. The new contract also provides a signing bonus and retroactive pay. The contract will be voted on by NJ Transit's board of directors at its July 17th meeting.
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Residents in the South Ward of @CityofNewarkNJ have never had access to the @EWRairport train station, stymying mobility for residents who most need public transit. Now, a $160M project is underway to right that wrong. https://t.co/Af6jldA2eO
CORRECTION: the contract will not be voted on at tomorrow's board meeting because apparently state law requires that items have to be on the agenda five days in advance.
BREAKING: The @BLET overwhelmingly voted in favor of the new contract negotiated with @NJTRANSIT that ended a historic three-day strike last month, according to a source. The contract will likely be voted on at tomorrow's NJT board meeting. Story coming.
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BREAKING: The @BLET overwhelmingly voted in favor of the new contract negotiated with @NJTRANSIT that ended a historic three-day strike last month, according to a source. The contract will likely be voted on at tomorrow's NJT board meeting. Story coming.
