Thank you GrovePath and AP - this gave me a little information before heading to work this morning; the NJTransit website being OUT OF COMMISSION SINCE LAST NIGHT!!!

What are the chances at lease some of the 30% fare increase is going to go to system improvements, as opposed to paying for pensions?

NJ Transit suspends north Jersey bus service

Friday, February 26, 2010
LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2010, 6:39 AM
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wind-whipped snow is slowing traffic, lowering visibility, closing many schools and forcing weather-weary New Jerseyans to face another day with snow shovels in their hands.

Heavy snow fell in Hackensack on Thursday.
Forecasters say the snow will taper off through the day. Unlike Thursday's wet snow, Friday's downfall is powdery. Accumulations range anywhere from 3 inches in south Jersey to 2 feet in the northwest part of the state.

NJ Transit buses are not operating in northern New Jersey because of the snow Friday.

The agency has suspended bus service from Mercer County to Bergen County, including routes in and out of New York City.

NJ Transit trains are honoring bus passes.

Rail service is suspended on the Montclair-Boonton line from Montclair State University to Penn Station and Hoboken because of power problems.

Port Jervis Line trains to Hoboken are subject to delays up to 60 minutes because of signal troubles.

Power outages are minimal during the latest snowstorm that's blanketing New Jersey.

Nearly 1,600 customers are without electricity Friday mostly because of branches taking down wires.

Jersey Central Power & Light says about 1,000 homes and businesses don't have service. They're mainly in Newton, Pequannock, Ringwood and Montville.

The state's largest utility, Public Service Electric & Gas, says there are about 575 scattered outages.

Nearly 5,000 utility customers in New Jersey lost power Thursday.

State government offices in New Jersey will delay opening for two hours Friday. Essential employees should report on schedule.

The slow-moving winter storm hammering a swath of the East Coast is bad enough that Mayor Mike Bloomberg has decided to give New York City's 1.1 million public school students a rare snow day.

It's the second snow day there this month, but only the fourth in the past six years.

As late as Thursday, Mayor Mike Bloomberg said school would be on. But spokesman Stu Loeser says conditions have made him change his mind.

The city has received 10 inches of snow, and more is expected.

From Pennsylvania through New England, utility companies are preparing for power outages caused by the combination of snow and strong winds. Gusts of 50 mph have been reported across the region.

Officials are blaming the wind for fanning a hotel fire in Hampton, N.H., and destroying an entire block of businesses.