Wide news coverage of the Campaign’s report on projected truck traffic in New Jersey found sympathetic commentary from a variety of sources:

Assemblyman Alex DeCroce, NJ State Assembly Minority Leader, told the Morris Daily Record the truck projections seemed on the mark "You’ve got to remember, this is the heartland. This is where everything happens in the Northeast."

Somerset County Freeholder Peter Palmer (and chair, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority) sees "truck traffic getting off I-95 [and] going up Route 31 to Route 202 to I-287," as a major concern, according to the Home News Tribune.

New Jersey DOT Spokesman Marc Lavorgna told the Press of Atlantic City that large truck traffic projections are "very serious."

Middlesex County Planning Director George Ververides said the truck boom has already hit central New Jersey: "We’re seeing it already with development, especially around New Jersey Turnpike (Interchange) 8A and Raritan Center," he told the Home News Tribune.

NJ Police Traffic Officers Association President Anthony Parenti bemoaned trucks that "are bigger and heavier than ever." "There's got to be a better way," he said to The Press of Atlantic City.

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