Table of Contents for MTR #26

Mobilizing the Region
Issue 26 Table of Contents March 16, 1995

Viewpoint: Home-Grown Solutions to Transit (and Traffic) Woes
Waves of city, state and federal budget cuts have forced NYC transit service reductions and portend a fare increase and further, perhaps drastic, service and rebuilding cuts. Yet while state and fede...
South Brunswick Says Route 92 will Destroy Landscape and Change Zoning
A letter from a South Brunswick Planning Board member to the Star Ledger this week said that the NJ Turnpike Authority's proposed Route 92 will "force severe changes in local zoning, destroy...
NYC Transit Document: 20,000 Riders Have No Access to Alternative Transportation
A NYC Transit document obtained by NY Newsday says that more than 20,000 New Yorkers who currently ride subways and buses will have no access to alternative transit service when service ...
Straphangers Ads: Pataki's Cuts to Crush Riders
The Straphangers Campaign, Transport Workers Union and Local 1199 Health and Human Services Union installed ads urging transit riders to protest transit budget cuts in every one of NYC Transit's 6,...
Wilson Says Amtrak's Troubles Threaten NJ Transit Fares and Service
NJ Transportation Commissioner Frank Wilson said last week that Amtrak's financial troubles threaten NJ Transit fares and rail service. He said a plan being considered in Washington would boost...
Bronx Supreme Court rules Against Harlem River Rail Yard Plan
In a decision issued Monday, A Bronx Supreme Court judge found "no credible support" in the record for NY State Dept. of Transportation's plan to turn the Harlem River Rail Yard over to a private d...
Pataki Postpones Efforts to Reduce Verrazano Bridge Tolls for Staten Island
Governor Pataki appeared to postpone efforts to reduce Verrazano Narrows Bridge tolls until at least 1997 in a meeting with the editorial board of the Staten Island Advance. Two weeks b...
Whitman Endorses Uniform Site Standards Act
Governor Whitman's urban home-ownership program announcement was overshadowed yesterday by her endorsement of a Uniform Site Standards Act regulations being pushed by developers. Ironically, t...
Study Suggests Particulate (Diesel) Pollution Causes Premature Death
A recent study of Americans in 151 cities suggests (again) that particulate air pollution is a major cause of premature death. The study is one of the largest ever conducted on air pollution a...
Suffolk Legislature Votes to Support Expanded Cross-Sound Ferry Service
The Suffolk County Legislature voted 11-6 last week for a resolution in support of expanded cross-Long Island Sound ferry service. A New Haven-based company, L.I. Sound Shuttle Limited Partner...
TSTC Goes to Washington
Tri-State Transportation Campaign representatives visited New York and New Jersey Congressional offices in Washington last week, selecting members on committees that oversee transportation, inf...
Battle Re-Electrification of Amtrak's New Haven-Boston Northeast Corridor
The battle over Northeast Corridor New Haven-Boston electrification heated up in Connecticut publications in February. Connecticut Fund for the Environment (CFE) "wholeheartedly" endorsed the ...