![]() The original roster of employees reads like a list of future industry leaders: George D. Herbert and Senate President Joseph Merlino. With him are (from left) NJDOT Commissioner Louis J. New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne (second from right) signs the 1979 Public Transportation Act into law in July 1979. Gambaccini, the dynamic Transportation Commissioner, got NJT started. In later years, he was known as the “Father of NJ Transit” and, according to the agency’s bio of her, Joyce typed the draft of his bill. Herbert, sponsored the bill that would do something about it by establishing the agency. Railway Age reported on this history when NJT celebrated its 40 th anniversary on J(NJT at 40: People, Politics and Progress). Public Service, the electric and gas utility, was running most of the state’s buses and the Newark City Subway (now Newark Light Rail) under the corporate name “Transport of New Jersey” and wanted out. Conrail was running the trains at the time, hampered by unreliable equipment, and funded by help from the State through the COA. Transit in New Jersey was in terrible shape in 1979, and everybody knew it. For that alone, she deserves to be remembered. She treated all of them, including me, with concern and respect. Through the years, Joyce served and worked with leaders of the industry, elected officials and anyone else who had business before the Board, including advocates for the agency’s riders. Zuczek, Secretary to the agency’s Board of Directors, will retire after more than 45 years’ service at NJT and its predecessor, the Commuter Operating Agency (COA) within the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). In a sense, New Jersey Transit will never be the same after the end of February. Calling All ‘Influential Industry Leaders’ Nominations! Deadline: April 10.RFPs Issued for Ontario Line Major Works. ![]()
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