More vehicles on highways and more people stuffing themselves onto crowded trains and buses are the price of the state's economic prosperity and growing population. And it's going from bad to worse.
Transportation is one of the top issues on the minds of the business people of New Jersey.
It's also on the minds of the gubernatorial candidates. Former Rep. Bob Franks and Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler face each other in June's Republican primary. The winner faces Democratic Woodbridge Mayor Jim McGreevey in November. Gannett New Jersey reporters questioned the candidates on eight key transportation issues as part of an continuing series about the race for governor. The winner will face the challenge of finding realistic ways to deal with congestion, fix deteriorating roads and bridges and pay for massive highway and transit projects.