"Manspreading" is an indelicate new term to describe how some male subway riders deprive other passengers of a seat. But seat-hogging is just one of many inconsiderate behaviors that have been the bane of commuters at least as far back as the 1940s in transit systems across the globe.
With tolls increasing today at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the chair of New Jersey's Assembly Transportation Committee says commuters will suffer.
A new report by a transportation advocacy group finds the New Jersey Department of Transportation is backsliding on its commitment to its Fix it First campaign.