NEWARK — NJ Transit president and CEO Kris Kolluri couldn’t help but rib U.S. Rep. Rob Menendez for being late to a press conference about new transit buses last month.

“I have to give my friend Congressman Menendez a bit of a hard time,” Kolluri said, grinning. “If you had taken the train here, instead of drive, you would have gotten here on time, but we’ll let that go this time.”

A bit red, Menendez thanked his friend for the reminder.

“We should be in buses and trains and out of cars, not just to unclog our corridors but to make sure we’re all stewards in investing in our mass public transit systems and also in our environments — so thank you so much Kris for that reminder,” Menendez said.

And soon enough, those bus rides could be on one of the 175 spanking new 40-foot, two-door tra

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