Goethals Bridge Twin Reviled in Staten Island... Only one of 30-40 speakers at a Staten Island public hearing Tuesday afternoon and evening spoke in favor of the Port Authority's plan to build a second highway bridge alongside the existing NJ...
North Jersey Plan Warns of Widespread Gridlock The North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority's (NJTPA) draft long range transportation plan says traffic congestion will get much worse in the next twelve years unless decision-makers meet a ...
Shore Line East Future Looks Brighter The Connecticut legislature has appropriated funds to keep Shore Line East commuter rail service running between New Haven and Old Saybrook. Sources say it is likely that the Rowland Administratio...
More CT Rail News Planners examining proposals to extend Danbury Branch Metro-North commuter rail service north to New Milford have concluded that Connecticut cannot afford it at present. Nonetheless, increasing num...
Amtrak Update Three months after cutting operating trains by 16%, Amtrak's ridership and passenger revenue fell off only 5%. Near-maintenance of its passenger levels has railroad leadership hopeful: many expert...
Northeast Commuter Rail Reprieve from Amtrak Woes? At a mark-up session in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Wednesday, a provision in the House railroad bill that would require commuter railroads to pay more for the upkeep for ...
Business Backs Harlem Line Third Track The Westchester Business Partnership voted in May to endorse the MTA's proposal to add a 3.6 mile section of track to the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line in Mt. Vernon. The non-profit public-priva...
U.S. Traffic Fatality Decline Levels Off The Washington Post reported last month that big jumps in Maryland and Virginia traffic fatalities were consistent with a recent upswing in traffic deaths nationwide. Experts and police office...
NYC CMAQ Projects Announced: Advocates Say Time for Change New York City released its ISTEA Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality (CMAQ) project list for 1996 and 1997 last week. The mediocre and uncoordinated project mix contained few surprises. NYC Tran...
