Airport Rail Program Dies, Friendless Port Authority director George Marlin announced Wednesday that the plan to construct a 22-mile rail line from Manhattan's Upper East Side to LaGuardia and Kennedy airports in Queens was dead, a...
Students Speak Out on NYC Transit Cuts New York City high school student leaders and the Straphangers Campaign gathered at City Hall Thursday to condemn Mayor Giuliani's proposed budget plans to cut all funding for free transit school pass...
Region's Largest Open Space Faces Pavers Sterling Forest Corporation recently released its Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (DGEIS) for the proposed development of 17,500 acres of woodland in southeastern Orange County, NY. The ...
Manhattan Light Rail Suit Loses A Manhattan judge dismissed a suit by midtown community groups opposed to the 42nd Street light rail project Wednesday. The suit charged that the rail line would increase car traffic on neighb...
Twinning the BQE's Kosciusko Bridge NY Newsday reported this week that the NY State Dept. of Transportation is eyeing construction of a new $100 million bridge alongside the Brooklyn-Queens Kosciusko Bridge, where the Brooklyn-Qu...
Timetable for Montclair Connection NJ Transit is awaiting Federal Transit Administration (FTA) approval to begin buying property and relocating residents as first steps toward implementation of the Montclair connection, the long-delaye...
Sunset for NYC Employer Commute Plan? New York City Employer Commute Option program consulting contracts for outreach and training of private sector companies are held up and may die before being let. Some observers believe the City Admi...
New Guidebook Arms Citizens to Face Road "Experts" New England's Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has published a guidebook on community traffic impacts, traditional roadway engineering assumptions and community-oriented approaches to transportati...
Road Gang Mobilizes in Washington Pennsylvania Congressman Bud Shuster and a group of urban Republican representatives known as the Road Gang fought a hard behind-the-scenes battle to have federal transportation trust funds taken "...
Study Says Vehicle Age-Pollution Link Untrue A team of researchers measured emissions from 60,000 motor vehicles in California, concluding that a large portion of newer models polluted more than older cars. The difference was maintenance...
British Alternatives to Sprawl According to a the Wall Street Journal, strong land use policies have preserved vitality and economic viability of many European town centers. The downtown of Norwich, England, populati...
