HUDSON COUNTY — NJ Transit will hold a public hearing Friday, March 26 to get customer feedback on proposed fare increased and service cutbacks. The hearing, one of several the transportation agency is holding throughout the state this month, will take place at the Frank R. Lautenberg Rail Station in Secaucus from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. This is the only hearing planned in Hudson County.
NJ Transit is weighing a number of fare increases and service cuts to close a budget gap of nearly $300 million.
Some fares could be increased by as much as 25 percent and at least 32 of the system’s 725 commuter trains will be eliminated, including at least two trains on each of the system’s 11 rail lines.
Under the proposed fare increases announced several weeks ago by NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein, one-zone bus fares could increase from the current $1.35 to $1.75. Two-zone fares will rise from $2.15 to $2.70.
There will likely be sharp hikes in monthly bus passes, and there could be an increase in discounted fares for the elderly and disabled.
Light rail fares will increase from $1.90 each way to $2.40.
Most of these changes would go into effect on May 1 and are expected to generate more than $140 million in revenue. – E. Assata Wright
Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
