From Progressive Railroading Magazine; August 27, 2018
New Jersey Transit founding chairman Louis Gambaccini died Aug. 19. He was 87.
In 1978, he was selected to serve as New Jersey’s commissioner of transportation, and through his leadership, NJ Transit was created on July 17, 1979. He served as the state’s commissioner and NJ Transit’s chairman through 1981.
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