NJ Transit needed to meet an end-of-year deadline to install Positive Train Control (PTC) to prevent accidents. With two weeks to go before the deadline, the agency was certified Friday by the Federal Railroad Administration; Gov. Phil Murphy made the announcement from an NJ Transit maintenance yard in Kearny. There had been concern that NJ Transit would miss the deadline. Senior Correspondent David Cruz reports.
NJ Transit’s train control system gets federal approval
Positive Train Control system reduces risk if a mistake is made. The system will overtake and correct the error
Senior Political Correspondent/Anchor
Senior Correspondent David Cruz is the moderator of Chat Box and Reporters Roundtable. He's been a member of the NJ Spotlight News team since 2011 and has been covering New Jersey's biggest stories for almost 30 years. He's been a reporter and moderator of public affairs programs on television, radio and digital platforms for WBGO and WNYC radio and is the former editor in chief of the Hudson Reporter Newspaper group.