Dinky Photos & Press Releases
Dinky Ridership
Federal Legal Proceeding: STB
Governor Christie and the Dinky
Historic Site Proceeding
- Appellate Division Opinion Historic Sites Case
- Conrail Deed to NJ DOT
- DEP Decision Denying Staty
- DEP Ruling approving application 5/11/2012
- Dinky Historic Site Normination 1984
- Dr. Kornhauser's Presentation
- Nat'l Ass'n RR Passengers, Ross Capon Statement
- NJ Ass'n RR Passengers, Jack May Statement
- NJ Ass'n RR Passengers, Phil Craig Statement
- Petition for Supreme Court Review
- SDKY Reply to Opposition to Certification
- Application to Remove Dinky Tracks
- Application Supplement RE Abandonment of Public Right-of-way
- National Trust for Historical Preservation Article on Threat to Dinky
- Dinky Issue in railplanning.com
Lawsuit Pertaining to the Right to Move the Dinky
- 1984 PU-NJ Transit Sales Agreement, Deed, & Map
- Judge Innes Opinion (pdf)
- 1984 NJ Transit Board Discussion and Resolution on the Dinky
- Conrail Deed to NJ DOT
- June 2011 Borough Council Meeting
- Save the Dinky Files Lawsuit
- Transit right-of-way map (pdf)
- 1984 Princetonian reporting on Dinky purchase
- 1996 amendment to deed (pdf)
- 1988 Princetonian on move of terminus
- 2011 NJ Transit Weinstein Letter on 1984 contract
Letters on the Arts & "Transit" Plan
- August 29, 2013; "Devastated Town-Gown Relations"
- December 12, 2012; Gerda Panofsky: Town Topics
- December 12, 2012; Sandy Solomon: Town Topics
- December 14, 2012; Alain Kornhauser: Princeton Packet
- December 26, 2012, Richard Baumann; Town Topics
- December 9, 2012; Mary Ellen Marino: Town Topics
- June 26, 2013; Move Will Inconvenience Commuters, Drivers
- May 3, 2012; Michael Landau, AIA: Planet Princeton
- October 15, 2012; Letter from Alain Kornhauser: Planet Princeton
- October 2012; William S. Moody: Planet Princeton
- October 9, 2013; New Dinky Location A Very Long Walk If One is Pulling or Carrying Luggage
- September 18, 2013; Moving the Dinky In Spite of Widespread Community Opposition Is Bad Public Policy
- Ten Reasons The Dinky Shouldn't Be Moved
Local Historic Site Nomination
Memorandum of Understanding
New Station/Old Station
Opposition from Borough Council
Other Links & Information
- The Dinky Controversy Explained
- Citzens' Group Files to Halt Rail Plan Planet Princeton
- Decades of HIstory
- Dinky Proposal 2011 Overview for PCDO
- Double Digit Decline in Ridership March 2015
- Dr. Kornhauser's Presentation at the November 29, 2012 Planning Board Hearing Examins Traffic Impacts
- Los Angeles Light Rail Study
- Minutes June 2011 Borough Council Meeting
- Petition for Supreme Court Review
- Planet Princeton
- Planning Board Skeptical
- President of Camden Amboy Comments on Decline in Dinky Ridership
- Reply, NJ Transit Corporation
- Distance of the Proposed Move
- Princeton Future Dinky Alternative 1
- Princeton Future Dinky Alternative 2 (pdf)
- Walking Distance Research
- Animated Video Explanation
- New Jersey Transit Board of Directors
- Princeton Future Statement on Dinky (pdf)
- Walkablity Index
Posner Presentation: Better Dead Than Alive
PRESS RELEASES
Princeton U Arts & "Transit" Plan
Proposal for Public-Private Partnership to Save the Dinky
PU Point of View
- Durkee May 11, 2011 letter to Boro Council (pdf)
- Arts and Transit Project Web Pages
- Audio of Durkee Statement January 31, 2011
- Donor Peter Lewis Speaks About the Dinky (audio)
- Letter from Governor Christie Urging Support of University A & T Project
- Video: Tilghman, "The real reason…" (1/31/10)
- Remarks by President Tilghman, Jan. 31, 2011
Save the Dinky Links
Author Archives: admin5
Save the Dinky prevails in court; Rail Passengers file petition to save the Dinky; NJ Transit gives approvals for removing Dinky in telephone meeting
On June 7, a New Jersey Chancery Judge court ruled against Princeton University’s request to throw out Save the Dinky’s lawsuit arguing that the University does not have the right to relocate the station terminus under its 1984 agreement with … Continue reading
Comments Off on Save the Dinky prevails in court; Rail Passengers file petition to save the Dinky; NJ Transit gives approvals for removing Dinky in telephone meeting
Please attend the Planning Board Hearing Tuesday, Dec. 18.
The next hearing on the University’s Arts & Transit Plan is scheduled forTuesday, December 18 at 7:30pm at Township Hall, 400 Witherspoon Street. This is the third hearing on a plan that covers 22 acres and will affect everyone who … Continue reading
Comments Off on Please attend the Planning Board Hearing Tuesday, Dec. 18.
NJTransit Rebuffs Borough Council Request for Public Hearing
In April, the Princeton Borough Mayor and Council wrote to Governor Christie and the New Jersey Transit Board of Directors seeking a formal public hearing on plans to relocate the Dinky. The letter stressed the value of the historic Dinky to … Continue reading
Comments Off on NJTransit Rebuffs Borough Council Request for Public Hearing
The plan according to the University
NOTE: PU has revised its plans: click here to view the new plan. Download letter from PU to Planning Board explaining changes and providing a project update. Click on the maps for more detail. Note: Right of Way is … Continue reading
Comments Off on The plan according to the University
Save the Dinky thanks the Borough Council
The following letter was published in the local papers and the Planet Princeton website in December: On behalf of Save the Princeton Dinky, I would like to thank Borough Council for its thoughtful attention to the community mobility issues raised … Continue reading
Comments Off on Save the Dinky thanks the Borough Council
Mayoral candidates respond to League of Women Voters’ question about A&E District and the Dinky
See the responses to all three League questions at the League of Women Voters’s website What are the key issues that you think are most important to resolve in achieving an agreement with the University about the Arts, Education and … Continue reading
Comments Off on Mayoral candidates respond to League of Women Voters’ question about A&E District and the Dinky
Citing threats from NJ Transit, Borough Mayor and Council President Wilkes decline Posner offer
A few months ago, at Borough Council’s invitation, Henry Posner made a public presentation of his proposal to fund the acquisition of the Dinky right-of-way through a public-private partnership which would be be revenue-neutral for the Borough. Months later, the … Continue reading
Comments Off on Citing threats from NJ Transit, Borough Mayor and Council President Wilkes decline Posner offer
Council to Vote on New Memo of Understanding Oct. 4
The Borough Council will vote on a memorandum of understanding that has been negotiated behind closed doors in which Princeton University provides $100,000 upon signing and other benefits to Princeton Borough in exchange for the Borough Council’s approval of its rezoning … Continue reading
Comments Off on Council to Vote on New Memo of Understanding Oct. 4
Neuman’s Op-Ed on MOU
Letter to the Editor on the Memorandum of Understanding by Anne Neumann
Comments Off on Neuman’s Op-Ed on MOU
The Dinky issue in railplanning.com
Preserving Rail Service: The Battle to Save the Dinky | Rail Planning. by David Hunt In a time when states are rejecting money for enhancing rail services, one community is fighting to preserve its railroad. The Princeton Branch of NJ … Continue reading
Comments Off on The Dinky issue in railplanning.com