In The News Newsroom > In The News > Transportation News Print Transportation News Latest Headlines The top transportation news stories, updated daily and kept on this page for one week. NAIOP examines trucking industry challenges, last mile mobility, transit and site selection trends New Jersey Business Magazine, 12/13/19 NJ Transit needs money to make reforms work, experts tell legislators NJ.com, 12/12/19 New Jersey towns codify support for electric vehicle bill New Jersey Business Magazine, 12/10/19 Measure to Allow Driver’s Licenses for Unauthorized Immigrants Advances NJ Spotlight, 12/10/19 NJ Transit Fares Poorly in Survey of Bus Riders NJ Spotlight, 12/11/19 This Bridge Should Have Opened by Now but It’s Taking More than a Decade to be Built NJ.com, 12/10/19 NJ Transit set to borrow $500M to replace old trains and buses NJ.com, 12/9/19 NJ Transit, Amtrak begin construction for future New Brunswick rail storage New Jersey Business Magazine, 12/9/19 Federal officials will let LNG be shipped by rail to Gibbstown, N.J., port MSN.com, 12/9/19 North Haledon council to vote on roundabout plan this month MSN.com, 12/9/19 Regional Roundup A roundup of transportation news from daily, weekly and online outlets. Ferry service on the Hackensack, Passaic rivers? Hudson County exploring possibility NJ.com, 12/8/19 NJ Transit issues ‘Innovation Challenge’ request for expressions of interest New Jersey Business Magazine, 12/6/19 Park It, Trucks: Here Come New York’s Cargo Bikes The New York Times, 12/4/19 NJ Transit CEO needs more engineers before restoring Pascack Valley express MSN.com, 12/3/19 Hunterdon officials ride NJ Transit’s Raritan Valley rails in hopes of improving them Mass Transit Magazine, 12/3/19 Self-driving tech could be used on buses to squeeze more of them onto N.J. roads NJ.com, 12/2/19 Scaling Back State’s Goals for Electric Vehicles NJ Spotlight, 12/2/19 Could Cell Phone Detection Cameras Come To NJ Highways NJ 101.5, 12/2/19 Sweeney weighs in on Pascack Valley debacle, calls service suspension 'unacceptable' MSN.com, 12/5/19 News Archive You can get the weekly Regional Roundup of news sent to you by subscribing to the NJTPA E-list. Issues & Insights A list of links to recent articles, reports and announcements relating to transportation policy, legislation and research. VIDEO: NJDOT Safety Countermeasures Training and Educational Films NJDOT developed these 6 videos to train and educate viewers on the design features and safety benefits of FHWA’s Proven Safety Countermeasures that improve pedestrian safety. Ford and Microsoft try to tackle traffic jams with quantum research Axios, Dec. 10, 2019 - Ford and Microsoft have figured out how to leverage quantum computing — the powerful but not yet commercialized technology — to tackle traffic in Seattle. Kansas City to Make Public Transit Free Next City, Dec. 10, 2019 = The contemplation part is over. On Dec. 5, the city council of Kansas City, Mo., voted unanimously to fund fare-free public transit citywide starting in the next fiscal year. In bleak report, U.N. says drastic action is only way to avoid worst effects of climate change Washington Post, Nov. 26, 2019 - The world has squandered so much time mustering the action necessary to combat climate change that rapid, unprecedented cuts in greenhouse gas emissions offer the only hope of averting an ever-intensifying cascade of consequences, according to new findings from the United Nations. FCC Spectrum Proposal Spotlights Automaker Technological Divide Bloomberg, Nov. 20, 2019 - U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai proposed reallocating to mobile devices airwaves long assigned to vehicle safety while preserving some of the spectrum for carmakers planning to deploy new technology. Read More...