

The plan to boost fares for rail, light rail and bus service will be considered by the NJ Transit board July 8. The agency is also holding hearings in New Brunswick, Atlantic City, Secaucus, Camden, Newark, Hackensack, Trenton, Morristown and Paterson through Thursday. "You put it in a place people can't even get to,'' one angry speaker told Dennis Martin, the NJ Transit hearing officer. Shore area train commuters to New York Penn Station say they%27re getting soaked%2C with monthly passes from Aberdeen-Matawan slated to hit %24421%2C up %2435%2C a 9.1 percent jumpįREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Commuters are weighing in on the 9 percent fare hike proposed by NJ Transit, and it isn't pretty.įor starters, residents at the first public hearing on the proposal Monday night ripped agency officials for choosing the Monmouth County Agricultural Building on Kozloski Road as the site because the venue isn't serviced by late-day mass transit.
