James Weinstein will be the special guest speaker at the Southern New Jersey Development Council’s Legislative Breakfast on November 23.
James Weinstein is the Executive Director of NJ TRANSIT, the third largest transit agency in the nation and the largest statewide. Mr. Weinstein is responsible for the agency’s bus, light rail, and commuter rail network, which carried more than 270 million passenger trips in Fiscal Year 2009. Mr. Weinstein oversees the agency’s 10,500-plus employees, and capital and operating budgets totaling more than $3 billion annually.
Prior to being appointed Executive Director, Mr. Weinstein served as a senior vice president of a global transportation consulting and engineering firm, since 2002. In that capacity, he was responsible for the firm’s highway and bridge projects throughout the United States. Before joining the firm, he was senior vice president of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, the busiest passenger rail line in the nation.
Mr. Weinstein previously served as New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation and Chairman of the NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors from 1998 to 2002. During his tenure, NJ TRANSIT advanced work on system expansion projects including the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, River Line, and the Newark Light Rail extension to Broad Street Station, as well as new stations such as Frank R. Lautenberg Station at Secaucus Junction, Union Station and Montclair State University Station at Little Falls. The agency also introduced new modern light rail vehicles on the Newark Light Rail system, completed the restoration of historic Hoboken Terminal’s main waiting room and advanced the Montclair Connection, which enabled Midtown Direct service to begin on the Montclair-Boonton Line.
The event will take place at the Town and Country Diner in Bordentown, NJ at 8:30 am. Breakfast will be served. Tickets are $25 for members and $40 for non-members.
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