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Fed Up With NJ Transit? New Customer Advocate Is Here To Help Fed Up With NJ Transit? New Customer Advocate Is Here To Help
Fed Up With NJ Transit? New Customer Advocate Is Here To Help The next time your NJ Transit bus drives right past you or your train loses service, you'll have a customer advocate to hear your woes. The NJ Transit Board of Directors on Thursday, Oct. 10 named its customer advocate. Meet Franck Beamin. Born and raised in France, Beamin pursued higher education in law, earning a license degree in Public Law before continuing his studies at the Institute of Political Science in Rennes. There, he focused on Urban Networks in Developing Countries and Planning Policies, graduating with two master’s degrees. Following his higher education, Beaumin…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Urban Planner, 33, Killed Leading Bicycle Trip In NJ Memorialized With Upcoming Ride Urban Planner, 33, Killed Leading Bicycle Trip In NJ Memorialized With Upcoming Ride
Urban Planner, 33, Killed Leading Bicycle Trip In NJ Memorialized With Upcoming Ride An upcoming bicycle trip will pay tribute to a 33-year-old urban planner and transportation advocate who was struck and killed by a car last month in Philadelphia. Andrea Gonzalez was leading a Radical Adventure Riders (RAR) LGBTQ + BIPOC bike-packing trip from Philadelphia to the Goshen Pond Camping Area in the Pine Barrens, when she died, those who knew her said. 💔🤎🧡 RIP Andrea Gonzalez 🧡🤎💔 Andrea was killed by a driver while leading a LGBTQ + BIPOC bikepacking trip with @... Posted by unpavedPA on Thursday, November 16, 2023 Andrea was riding on Kresson Road when a crash occurred be…

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Cracked Skull Among Injuries Suffered By Rutgers Doctoral Student In Bicycle Crash, Friends Say Cracked Skull Among Injuries Suffered By Rutgers Doctoral Student In Bicycle Crash, Friends Say
Cracked Skull Among Injuries Suffered By Rutgers Doctoral Student In Bicycle Crash, Friends Say A Rutgers University doctoral student who was active in helping the Central Jersey community fractured her skull in a recent bicycle crash, friends say. Suzy Jung was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital on Saturday, July 15 after the crash, according to Chloe (ChungAh) Kim, of New Brunswick, who organized a GoFundMe. In addition to a cracked skull, Suzy suffered temporary short-term memory loss, slight deafness in her left ear, a constant headache, and nausea, Chloe wrote. Suzy is an international student from South Korea finishing her Ph.D. in Urban Planning at Rutgers. …

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Raritan Valley Community Freaked Out By Increasing Amount Of Monstrous Warehouses Raritan Valley Community Freaked Out By Increasing Amount Of Monstrous Warehouses
Raritan Valley Community Freaked Out By Increasing Amount Of Monstrous Warehouses Warehouses have begun popping up in one Somerset County community — and some residents have had their fill. A group of concerned citizens who live in a 55+ community of about 2,000 residents in Franklin Township held a rally on Thursday, Nov. 10 in protest of the monstrous developments. Organized by the Citizens Warehouse Action Group at Canal Walk, the rally was held with support from Franklin Township Councilman Ed Potosnak and Councilwoman Shepa Uddin. A Change.org petition had more than 1,200 signatures of the 1,500 needed as of the day of the rally. "Franklin Township (FT) is ov…

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by Cecilia Levine