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Transportation reporter | The Record @northjersey | Product of Maryland - Go Terps | [email protected] | Member @theRecordGuild
New York, NY
Joined January 2012
NJDOT awarded HNTB the prized Rt 17 engineering contract this year. An hour later, @njdot changed the winner to Michael Baker, saying it was an error. But when I asked for documents proving it, I got nothing. One OPRA was denied citing the 2024 changes. https://t.co/O3J1FxVOA2
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NJ DOT failed to provide records showing why company with lower score got bid for widening project to reduce traffic congestion.
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The defense team rep’ing @RideSTBus — which left a 13YO at an unauthorized bus stop before she was hit by a car — is now trying to blame her, her father and stepmom. Even the judge seemed baffled — and saw fit to interrupt at times during oral arguments. https://t.co/Oohr56xFR1
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A school bus company is partially blaming a teen and her family after she was hit by a car when she was let off at an unauthorized Woodland Park stop.
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Now that the government shutdown is over, what’s going on with Gateway? Everyone is treading lightly. https://t.co/uQJri44UaC
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Those close to the Gateway program are tight-lipped and treading lightly to avoid more talk of terminating the rail tunnel project under the Hudson.
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NJ Transit review finds more than $10,000 improperly paid to two engineers https://t.co/i0w7t020NS
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A review of NJ Transit’s payroll records found that “a little bit more” than $10,000 was improperly paid to at least two locomotive engineers.
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SCOOP: Big schedule changes are coming for @NJTRANSIT and @Amtrak riders for what could be six weeks to start the "cutover" process on the Portal North Bridge. https://t.co/CmwE5myVt2
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Some trains will likely be rerouted or canceled over a six-week period as tracks get switched from old to new rail bridge over the Hackensack River.
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While some towns and counties were quick to ban e-bikes, one Bergen County borough decided to have a community discussion about it. Teens, parents, police, council members weighed in. More on that and where gov-elect @MikieSherrill fall on this issue. https://t.co/qIIlHVmonx
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Headlines of serious — sometimes fatal — crashes involving e-bikes have captured the attention of parents, kids, local officials and state lawmakers.
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One EWR traveler packed non-perishable snacks ahead of his flight; another worried whether she would make it to Phoenix on time for a wedding. My story on how air travel is going around NYC amid the first day of flight reductions. https://t.co/bswcjtL0wX
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Friday began flight reductions at 40 of the nation's busiest airports, including Newark Liberty, John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Teterboro.
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Anyone preparing to fly in/out of EWR, JFK or LGA in the coming days/week? I'd love to talk to you about that given the expected announcement for flight cuts. Get in touch! DM or email is cwilson2@gannettnj.com.
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NJ politicians are gutting transparency laws and openly wondering whether there are too many government watchdogs. But Bruce Keller still believes in the power of SCI, and wants to bring it back to the glory days. "There's plenty of work to go around." https://t.co/oMfAR04cI5
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Even as political leaders roll back transparency, new SCI Executive Director Bruce Keller believes "there's plenty of work to go around."
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Staff unrest. Conflicted commissioners. Unanswered questions. The veneer of political "independence." How NJ's top watchdog lost its bite: https://t.co/Ay4Zm4fsJq
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New from @mdiamondapp and me... A two-part deep-dive into the problems that led the NJ SCI to scandal, and where the "watchdog of the entire system itself" goes from here...as its very existence is up in the air.
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Got an idea to fix New York Penn Station? Andy Byford wants proposals and shovels in the ground by end of 2027. Everything is on the table -- through-running, moving MSG, whatever it takes. Here's the latest status of the complicated transit project: https://t.co/tdtLxj6aw3
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How can New York Penn Station be improved? Amtrak is open to anything as it looks to hire for a project developer job.
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Got an idea to fix New York Penn Station? Andy Byford wants proposals and shovels in the ground by end of 2027. Everything is on the table -- through-running, moving MSG, whatever it takes. Here's the latest status of the complicated transit project: https://t.co/tdtLxj6aw3
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How can New York Penn Station be improved? Amtrak is open to anything as it looks to hire for a project developer job.
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Broadway Bus once served Ocean Terminal, Maidenform factory and downtown Bayonne with 42 buses. More recently, they're down to 10 buses, 1 route - and now they will close Nov 30. Third-gen owner Emil Massa talked to me about growing up in the bus biz. https://t.co/a5C34h3tgP
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At its peak, Broadway Bus in Bayonne had 41 buses. COVID was the final straw. NJ Transit may absorb the company's last operating route.
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I asked @Jack4NJ and @RepSherrill about the tricky situation of @NJTRANSIT funding. Specifically, whether they would keep the corporate business tax and the annual 3% fare hike -- and how/if they would fill the gap. https://t.co/nKr8R2T1du
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The candidates for NJ governor said they would move away from annual 3% fare hikes and corporate transit fee. That's a lot of revenue to replace.
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Updated with info about a recent OSHA inspection involving the company
BREAKING: A worker has died at the Hudson Yards Concrete Casing project site while working on the Gateway project. https://t.co/NMpnAk8XLA
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BREAKING: A worker has died at the Hudson Yards Concrete Casing project site while working on the Gateway project. https://t.co/NMpnAk8XLA
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All work is suspended while an investigation takes place. The worker who died was an employee of the New York Concrete Corporation.
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“It’s weird that you get off at one of the triangles." IYKYK The world of North Jersey bus commuting is weird -- and isn't for the weak. https://t.co/aqOoKHrZ4o
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NJ Transit riders brave the weather at bus stops scattered amid dizzying highways and spaghetti-like ramps — and those aren’t even the obscure ones.
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“Complete and utter silence.” - @AndyKimNJ A look at how things are going on to get clarity on whether the Gateway program is terminated and how a bipartisan group of mayors and union leaders want answers. https://t.co/NXUNWMODoF
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President Trump made a vague threat to end the $16 billion Gateway project, already well underway, to build a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson.
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HNTB Corp. has been the engineering consultant of record for the @NJTurnpike for the entire 77-year history of the NJTA -- until now. Yesterday, they chose a new engineering firm. My story: https://t.co/UCkJZE0j1D
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The board approved a $93 million contract with AECOM for general consulting engineering services. HNTB Corp. previously had the contract for decades.
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