Stewart Mader will be responsible for monitoring and improving the customer experience statewide for the agency at every customer touch-point.

Following Murphy's declaration of a "conceptual understanding" on Wednesday, the head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is denying that the governors of New York and New Jersey have reached an agreement on the new tolling plan. “With all due respect to Gov. [Phil] Murphy, we have no idea what he is talking about,” MTA head Patrick Foye said in a statement Wednesday night.

The governors of New Jersey and New York have come to a "conceptual understanding" that would exempt New Jersey commuters from the surcharge and avoid double-taxation, but at the potential cost of having none of the revenue go to the Garden State.

The Democratic representatives from New Jersey joined six other senators in requesting $500 million for the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program to reduce the repair backlog along the Northeast Corridor rail line.

Twelve electric buses are already in operation at Newark Liberty International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport - with an additional six slated to arrive at La Guardia Airport by June - as the agency accelerates its goal to have a 100-percent electric fleet by the end of 2020.

Efforts to construct a multi-billion dollar tunnel under the Hudson River met yet another hurdle, this time in Trenton and Albany rather than the White House, as lawmakers push for stricter public oversight of a proposed bi-state government agency that would oversee the project.

Gov. Phil Murphy has vowed that he will fix New Jersey Transit “if it kills me.” The man charged with preventing Murphy’s untimely demise by getting the trains and buses to run more reliably is Executive Director Kevin Corbett. He recently sat down with NJBIZ reporter David Hutter and talked about what the agency is doing to improve service after years of decline.

New York will become the first major city in the country to implement such a measure when it goes into effect in 2021. Critics say it could add thousands of dollars in commuting costs a year for residents.

New Jersey Transit has accelerated the restoration of service on the Atlantic City Rail Line and Princeton Branch, announcing that both lines will resume on May 12.

Announced in February of this year, the office will serve as a central resource for job and contracting opportunities for local businesses and residents.

The Transit Village Program seeks to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality by increasing transit ridership.

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.