Bashaw: Cancel NJT Fare Hike; Reject Tax Hike

Curtis Bashaw, New Jersey Republican candidate for United States Senate, issued the following statement regarding NJ Transit's disastrous disruption of services for thousands of New Jersey commuters this week.

“It’s unacceptable that thousands of New Jersey commuters were stuck in trains or between tracks for hours this week, during a heat wave. New Jersey commuters should not continue to bear the cost of these continued infrastructure failures and incompetence from AMTRAK and NJ Transit.  

"Until services consistently improve, I’m calling on Governor Murphy to cancel the July 1st 15% fare hike on New Jersey Transit commuters.  Moreover, as the June 30th state budget deadline approaches, legislative leaders should reject a $1 billion corporate transit tax on businesses,  which would give the Garden State the highest corporate tax in the nation and continue to make New Jersey more expensive.

Finally, voters should know where Andy Kim stands on raising NJ Transit fees and I urge him to join me in rejecting this fair hike."