In his budget address, Gov. Chris Christie swept aside claims the state’s Transportation Trust Fund is in trouble. “To imply that the TTF is in crisis and is suddenly and unexpectedly run out of money is just a politically driven mischaracterization,” he said Feb. 16....
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Christie, lawmakers disagree over NJ's transportation system 'crisis'
In recent years the fund has supported $1.2 billion in annual construction, maintenance and operating costs at NJ Transit and the state Department of Transportation. The money will run out on June 30, according to the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services....
NJ catching up on bridge work, but another 200 spans expected to need repairs
The delay in replenishing the state's Transportation Trust Fund for road and bridge repairs could make things worse, said Martin Robins, director emeritus of the Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers. Newsworks.org, April 29
New credit line could cost NJ Transit more than $1M
Whatever the final costs, several transportation experts described the arrangement as a waste of money. Martin E. Robins, former deputy executive director of NJ Transit and founding director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University, said...
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