Frank Lautenberg
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Rail Champion, Dies at 89
It's a sad day for Amtrak. New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg has died.
June 3, 2013
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Rail Promoter, Announces Retirement
Yesterday afternoon, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, announced that Frank Lautenberg would return as chair of the committee's Surface Transportation, & Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, & Security Subcommittee.
February 14, 2013
NJ Senator Lautenberg Introduces Bill to Limit Bridge and Tunnel Tolls
Last summer, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey raised EZPass tolls from $8 to cross a bridge into the city during peak hours to $9.50, with planned increases to $12.50 in a few years (cash tolls are increasing somewhat more). Tolls for five-axle trucks will rise as high as $125.
December 16, 2011