With NJ Transit facing $1B budget hole, advocates call for more funding in new statewide push

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With NJ Transit facing $1B budget hole, advocates call for more funding in new statewide push
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Tanisha Garner of Newark, an NJ Transit bus rider and community group member makes a passionate plea at a Thursday rally in Newark for dedicated funding, so riders who depend on transit aren't hit with fare hikes or service cuts due to an impending fiscal short fall forecast for mid 2024.Armed with cards that looked like NJ Transit tickets, advocates fanned out in Newark on Thursday as the part of a statewide campaign to prompt Gov.

Advocates from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and community groups embarked on what will be a statewide effort coming to transit stops in Trenton and Camden in the coming weeks to mobilize riders to lobby Murphy and legislators to find a dedicated annual funding source, similar to what New York did for the MTA and Pennsylvania did for SEPTA’s budget.

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