Opposition to Port Authority Airport Access Rail Proposal The Port Authority's NYC airport access proposal suffered another blow this week with the unveiling of a consultant study commissioned by East Side Manhattan community boards. The draft presen...
NYC EJA Borough Transportation Meeting The New York City Environmental Justice Alliance held the first of a series of borough transportation meetings in the Bronx on September 22nd. Representatives from community boar...
Campaign Discussion of Outreach to Utilities Prior to the Sept. 22 board meeting, Tri-State Campaign members met to discuss an outreach effort to the region's public utility companies. CFE's Mike Stern recounted the incorporation of Brid...
NYC DOT Takes Stance on ISTEA-funded Bike/Ped Projects Transportation Alternatives has learned that the NYC Department of Transportation and the Mayor's office have no intention of seeking additional CMAQ and Enhancement money for bicycle...
Giuliani MTA Board Nominees Are No-Shows NYC Mayor Giuliani's nominees to the MTA board haven't shown up to a single committee meeting since their appointment. The mayor's budget director, Abe Lackman, and Deputy Mayor John Dyson mis...
No Increase in PA Tolls in 1995 Despite a projected $20 million budget gap, the Port Authority will hold the line on bridge and tunnel tolls during 1995. Spokespeople for the agency said that the shortfall would be met inste...
O'Rourke Withdraws Objection to Metro-North 3rd track plan Westchester County Executive Andrew O'Rourke withdrew his objection to the inclusion of Metro-North's Harlem line third-track plan in the regional Transportation Improvement Program. O'Rourke ...
NJ DOT Meeting of Technical Advisory Committee NJ Assembly Environment Chair Maureen Ogden hosted a lackluster meeting on transportation pricing policies in conjunction with NESCAUM in Trenton on Sept. 16. Following the forum, NJ Dept. of Tran...
Westchester Association Opposes I-287 HOV Lane The Westchester Association, the county's largest and most influential business/civic alliance, is preparing a statement of opposition to the NY Dept. of Transportation's planned HOV lane...
1000 Friends of Oregon Compiles List of Pedestrian Related Materials 1000 Friends of Oregon (Land Use, Transportation, Air Quality project) has compiled an annotated bibliography of books, reports and articles on pedestrian-oriented planning and the relationship betwee...
NYMTC computer BBS Available The NY Metropolitan Transportation Council announced the start-up of its public computer bulletin board this week. It's fairly easy to use, though easily useful information can be hard to come by. S...
