Weinstein, a former state Department of Transportation commissioner and NJ Transit board chairman, has headed the agency for the past four years.
The last half of his tenure has been stormy, starting with superstorm Sandy and more than $100 million in damage to some 300 rail cars and locomotives due to flooding in the rail yard where they were stored, and ending with thousands of Super Bowl fans forced to wait hours for a ride out of MetLife Stadium because the transit system couldn’t handle their large numbers. That has far overshadowed several accomplishments of which Weinstein is proud, including more than three years without a fare hike.