Lawmakers Focus on Errors, Drug Use in N.J. Transit Inquiry
- Legislative panel puts tight deadline on list of 30 questions
- Pressure on commuter bus, rail provider in wake of fatal crash
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New Jersey Transit has until Oct. 28 to disclose to lawmakers the agency’s progress on installing accident-prevention technology, release figures on substance-abuse-related accidents and detail penalties for violating federal rules.
The directive came from a joint state legislative panel armed with subpoena power as it examines safety and operations at the nation’s third-largest mass-transportation provider. The investigation comes after a Sept. 29 rail crash in Hoboken. A woman waiting on a platform died and more than 100 passengers were injured when a locomotive traveling twice the speed limit rammed a bumper.