Levy Calls for Opening L.I.E. HOV-lane to General Traffic Midday NY State Senator Norman Levy, the Senate Transportation Chair, called yesterday for opening the Long Island Expressway high-occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV) to general traffic during midday hours. L...
Stangl Memo Outlines Subway, Bus Service Cuts As it prepares for hearings (see calendar section below) on the largest round of bus and subway service cuts in a generation, the MTA is working on plans to cut NYC transit service even further...
Campaign Engages Agencies in Collaborative Planning Projects Since it was formed, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign has sought to engage transportation agencies in collaborative planning projects that involve a range of affected interests and examine...
NY Times: Giuliani Megastore Plans Will Increase Traffic In an April 18 NY Times opinion piece, Pratt Institute planners Tom Angotti and Ron Shiffman argued that Giuliani Administration proposals to rezone New York City industrial areas for large ...
Legislation To Prevent NYC Transit Diesel Bus Purchases Representatives of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance joined NY State Assembly Environment Committee Chair Richard Brodsky at NYC Transit's 11th Bu...
NYC DOT Traffic Calming Breakthrough The New York City Dept. of Transportation reversed the direction of traffic flow on one block each of two Manhattan residential streets this week. The change was made to reduce through traffic in the...
NY Pedestrian Injury 1994 Stats Have Vehicle Speed Link 249 pedestrians were killed and over 12,000 injured in New York City in 1994. 193 pedestrians were killed in New Jersey in 1993 (73% in urban areas). Strict enforcement of speed limits on cit...
NJTransit Northeast Corridor Line to Allow Bicycles New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor line will permit bicycles on board its trains starting May 15. Not only is NJ Transit's most heavily used line now bike accessible, but cyclists can als...
