TSTC works to create more sustainable, equitable and transit friendly communities in downstate New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and beyond. We conduct advocacy, education, coalition building and legislative work that results in safer roads, livable communities, and more attractive walking, biking, and transit routes.
A bipartisan group of elected officials and advocacy organizations have issued a joint statement requesting that the Tappan Zee Bridge be rebuilt with bus rapid transit. Read it here.
Photo: Orin Blomberg.
Applications are closed for the TSTC/One Region transit-oriented development grant program. Municipalities should receive notice of whether they have been selected to submit full proposals by Feb. 1. Full proposals will be due March 1. Learn more and read the RFP here.
Between 2001 and 2010, 8,281 bicyclists got in accidents across eight Southern New Jersey counties; 63 of these were fatal. Read Tri-State's analysis here.
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Transportation plays a major role in our daily lives, but it's rarely obvious how transportation decisions get made, or even what good transportation policy is. Transportation 101 articles aim to demystify the political process and the logic (or lack thereof) behind policy decisions.
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