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
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Dinky Back In Service and a Wake-Up Call
On Sunday, May 12, New Jersey Transit restored service on the Princeton Branch, just in time for Mother’s Day and comfortably in advance of Princeton University’s Reunion weekend which begins on May 30. The service suspension began last fall (on … Continue reading
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Princeton Branch Riders Protest Shutdown at Council Meeting
New Jersey Transit’s plan to shut down the Dinky for over three months was not well received at the October 8 Princeton Council meeting. For press coverage, see this Town Topics story titled “Plenty of Opposition to NJ Transit Plan for … Continue reading
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Riders Protest NJ Transit Plan for Long Term Suspension of Dinky Service
In response to a mid-September NJ Transit announcement of plans to suspend Dinky service for at least three months, with replacement bus service, Save the Dinky Treasurer John Kilbride started a change.org petition urging NJ Transit to reconsider. See this PP story. … Continue reading
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Courts rule in favor of NJ Transit – a reprise of the 2016 cases
After a long wait for results, a three-judge panel in the New Jersey Appellate Division issued opinions on February 17, 2016 ruling in favor of New Jersey Transit in both of our appeals and upholding the lawfulness of the station … Continue reading
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Save the Dinky President Receives 2015 Rail Advocate Award from NJARP
Anita Garoniak, co-founder and President of Save the Dinky, received an award from the New Jersey Association of Rail Passengers for her efforts to save and strengthen Princeton Dinky train service. According to NJARP President Len Resto, “Anita Garoniak is a … Continue reading
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Significant Ridership Decline In First Months After Station Move
As is detailed by Planet Princeton in a 2015 article titled Princeton Dinky Ridership: A Double Digit decline, ridership on the Dinky declined significantly during the first two months of operation after the station terminus was relocated farther from Nassau … Continue reading
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Upcoming Court Arguments October 19 Spotlight NJ Transit’s Role in Dinky Move
The fight to save the Dinky has always been about more than the station location. In two cases to be heard before NJ Appellate Division judges on October 19 in Mt. Holly we argue that NJ Transit is legally obligated … Continue reading
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Save the Dinky President Receives NJ-ARP Award for Outstanding Rail Advocacy
In mid-September Save the Dinky President Anita Garoniak received the prestigious Arthur L Reuben (ART) Advocate for Rail Transit award from the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers (NJ-ARP). For news coverage, see Planet Princeton. The ART award is given … Continue reading
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NJTransit Does Not Need Federal Approval to Abandon Commuter Rail Lines, says STB
On July 25, the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB) issued its ruling responding to a petition filed on June 24, 2013 by the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) and the New Jersey Asssociation of Railroad Passengers (NJARP) arguing that … Continue reading
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