Business Leaders Convene on New York Transit Budget The Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the New York City Partnership/Chamber of Commerce co-sponsored a well-attended June 8th meeting to discuss the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital...
Airport Rail Death-knell Generates Sharp Commentary We were wrong to write last week that the Port Authority's much-maligned NYC airport rail access program had died a "friendless" death. Despite the proposal's many flaws, Mayor Giuliani, Queens Borou...
NY DOT Obstructs Putnam Bikeway Unfortunate evidence to this effect is that Putnam County Executive Robert Bondi was forced recently to weigh in on behalf of his county planning department to pry loose federal transportation funds f...
Highway Widening Plans Proceeding in New York If NY DOT Region 8 has trouble bringing itself to invest in bicycling and walking infrastructure, it's more than enthusiastic about spending vast sums to expand the region's highways. The DOT's Dr...
FTA Gets Mixed Signals on 42nd Street Rail A $300,000 Federal Transit Administration grant that would be used to solicit proposals from private companies interested in building and operating the proposed NYC 42nd Street light rail line is read...
Disabled Advocates Stave Off Fare Hike A May 26 protest at MTA headquarters by advocates for people with physical disabilities led the MTA to table the proposed doubling of fares for Access-a-Ride service, NYC Transit's alternative transpo...
Break Out the Gas Masks: Hot Air from Candidate DuHaime In the June 4 Star Ledger article announcing that Passaic County Freeholder and North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) Chair Richard DuHaime will challenge Bill Bradley for his ...
Another View from Washington Reflecting current feeling in Congress regarding federal support of transit operating subsidies, Rep. Chris Shays (R-Bridgeport, CT area) recently told CT Fund for the Environment's (CFE) Don Strait a...
Campaign Project Update: Pedestrian Advocacy The Campaign's pedestrian advocacy project is gathering momentum. In New York City, Transportation Alternatives and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign are set to release a report detailing NYC tra...
