The Fiscal Year 2019 Safe Streets to Transit Program, announced by the Murphy administration, provides funds to counties and municipalities to improve the overall safety and accessibility for mass transit riders walking to transit facilities.

“I feel terrible for the people that were stranded in the middle of the night trying to get home,” Weinberg said in a statement. “I am frustrated with NJ Transit and I am embarrassed for the state of New Jersey but unfortunately, I can’t say I was surprised by the story.”

A Stockton University poll released Tuesday finds 45 percent of respondents believe New Jersey's roads are in fair condition, 35 percent found them to be in poor condition, and almost half of those polled say poor road conditions have cost them money for car repairs.

The NJ Transit crisis that stranded fans attending WrestleMania 35 at MetLife Stadium on Saturday threatens the success of future events, including the World Cup, the American Dream complex and other potentially-lucrative occasions, such as future Super Bowls and WrestleManias, state Sen. Paul Sarlo said.

The Driver Advisory Council is designed to bring driver feedback directly to Lyft so that the company can factor it into the decision-making process.

Three municipalities were named as recipients of the total $1 million available for the fiscal year 2019 Bikeway grant program.

Another “challenging” summer could be in store for New Jersey Transit riders, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday morning, despite staffing increases and the full installation of a federally mandated emergency braking system, both meant to alleviate symptoms that previously created commuting nightmares for riders.

New York’s congestion pricing will be good for the environment and good for folks trying to get around Manhattan. It also would have been good for New Jersey, but for a self-interested and shortsighted political decision made a decade ago. That choice, and the consequences flowing from it, should serve as a warning to policymakers.

Fitch Solutions issued a report Friday contending there is no clear way forward for the $20 billion bridge and tunnel rail reconstruction project as the Trump Administration’s opposition to the Gateway Program will remain a major impediment to the rail project’s advance through to the end of 2020.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced the 537 municipalities that would receive state funding for transportation projects in the coming year under his proposed 2020 fiscal year budget, which starts in July and will need to be approved by the state Legislature.

Although the relationship between the top elected officials of New York and New Jersey may be strained over the controversial “congestion pricing” plan for Manhattan, Gov. Phil Murphy said he is not quite ready to retaliate against the Empire State.