Brace yourself for more New Jersey Transit charges. The proposed fare hikes announced this week average about nine percent. The changes are scheduled to take effect in September and October. A one-way fare between New York from Princeton Junction would increase from $14.25 to $16. A one-way fare between the Dinky Station to New York…
After the historic Dinky train station on University Place closed down in August of 2013 and a temporary station was opened on Alexander Street, it was difficult to get a clear picture of how regular train ridership would be affected. In addition to the train at the temporary station, a shuttle bus ran between downtown…
Fitzgerald: The rich are different from you and me Hemingway: Yes, they have more money Around the country there is growing recognition of the pleasures and practicalities of biking. Travelers return to the United States noting how bikes have been woven into the daily fabric of our European contemporaries and wondering why we can’t do…
Princeton University recently announced and publicized an initiative to develop a new strategic plan. University President Chris Eisgruber discussed the plan when he met with the Princeton Council last month. School officials have expressed an interest in receiving public comment on the planning process. In tandem with the strategic planning process, Princeton University has also…
Recently, the Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) asked the West Windsor Town Council to consider designating as an “Area in Need of Redevelopment” its 650-acre American Cyanamid property across the road from Quaker Bridge Mall. This follows a presentation last year where HHC proposed redeveloping the property as a master planned community similar to its Woodlands…
As the Alexander Street-University Place Task Force nears the conclusion of its deliberations, and at the outset of the strategic planning and 10-year campus planning efforts that Princeton University has lately initiated, it is timely to consider the long-term goals and visions of the University and its neighbor municipalities, and what transportation and growth plans…
The commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection denied citizen group Save the Dinky’s request Wednesday asking the state to temporarily stay the approval it gave NJ Transit last year to move the Dinky station train tracks. But Superior Court Appellate Division Judge Carmen H. Alvarez has agreed to review the application for…
A citizen group has filed an emergency application with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection asking the state to temporarily stay the approval it gave NJ Transit last year to move the Dinky station train tracks. An appeal is pending in court, but the appeal will not be heard until the fall. The group…
Washington Road between Prospect Avenue and Faculty Road is scheduled to be milled and resurfaced starting Monday, Aug. 19. The project is expected to take 10 working days, weather permitting. Washington Road will be closed between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. weekdays during the project. Motorists will be detoured on to Prospect Avenue, Harrison Street,…
Washington Road will be closed between Ivy Lane and Faculty Road for water main work from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. beginning tonight, Aug. 13, through Aug. 16. Detours are posted around the area. Work along Alexander Street and University Place for Princeton University’s arts and transit project is ongoing. Times and specific locations will…
Alexander Street will remain closed to through traffic from College Road to University Place through Sunday, Aug. 18. It will re-open on Monday, Aug. 19, Princeton University officials announced today. The detour onto University Place, which includes the temporary traffic signal at the intersection of College Road and University Place, will remain in place for…
Bus service will replace the dinky shuttle between downtown Princeton and Princeton Junction the weekends of July 27-28 and Aug. 3-4 due to the construction of the new Princeton Station. Beginning Monday, July 29, and continuing through Friday, Aug. 2, buses also will replace rail shuttle service between Princeton and thePrinceton Junction Station from approximately…
The New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers and the National Association of Railroad Passengers jointly filed a petition with the United States Surface Transportation Board yesterday afternoon to halt New Jersey Transit and Princeton University from cutting back the Princeton Branch, also known as the Dinky, from its current location. The two groups contend that…
The New Jersey Transit board of directors will hold a special meeting via telephone tomorrow at 1 p.m. to vote on a property transfer between the agency and Princeton University. Members of the public can listen to the board call by attending the meeting in person tat the New Jersey Transit Headquarters Building at One…
