Saturday, August 4, 2012
The alleged incident occurred Thursday morning at a bus stop under Lemoine Avenue in Fort Lee, where carpoolers typically meet up to take advantage of the Port Authority’s Carpool Plan.
Two men were charged with disorderly conduct Thursday morning after an alleged struggle over a carpool ride at the George Washington Bridge, police said. The incident happened at about 9:45 a.m. at a Fort Lee bus stop on I-95 under Lemoine Avenue, where drivers looking to take advantage of the Port Authority’s discount for carpoolers typically pick up passengers, whether they know them or not, according to officials. Malik R. Corbitt, 34, of Englewood, and Yoon S. Kwon, 39, of Little Ferry, where each charged with disorderly conduct after allegedly engaging in a physical struggle while trying to get into the same car, police said. “They had a dispute over who would be able to ride with that individual,” said Port Authority police spokesman…
Friday, April 13, 2012
A spokesman said the agency is working with local officials to come up with a safer place for people to pick up passengers after a group launches an online petition calling enforcement "unfair."
In light of an online petition recently launched by a group of carpoolers hoping to stop the Port Authority from what they see as “unfairly targeting” them for picking up passengers just before the George Washington Bridge tollbooths on the south side of Bridge Plaza, a Port Authority police spokesman Wednesday defended the enforcement program but said the agency is working with Fort Lee officials to find a solution. The group of carpoolers from Fort Lee and neighboring towns mobilized last year to demand that Port Authority police stop ticketing them for violations like illegally taking on passengers or stopping at a bus stop, arguing in part that it’s been common practice for many years to pick up passengers there, whether you know them …
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Local group says they’re being unfairly targeted and ticketed for picking up passengers just before the George Washington Bridge tollbooths
FORT LEE -- The Port Authority Carpool Plan allows commuters to benefit from what the agency calls “the largest toll discount” at its bridges and tunnels. Drivers must have an E-ZPass account and be registered for the plan in order to be eligible for the discount. There also have to be three or more people in the non-commercial vehicle, and drivers have to use a staffed “Cash-E-ZPass” toll lane and come to a complete stop so a toll collector can verify the number of occupants in the car. If all of those conditions are met, the Port Authority Carpool customer pays just $3.50. “By carpooling, you save the most money and reduce the number of vehicles on the road,” according to the E-ZPass section of the Port Authority’s website. But a group …
John Santaella
4:14 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Car pooling works so nicely in San Francisco. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/09/casual-carpooling----with_n_165378.html more ›