Thumbs Up for Griffin Line Hartford's Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) unanimously chose the Griffin Line light rail alternative as the answer to future public transportation and economic development needs for ...
Brooklyn, Manhattan Contribute Goethals Twin Foes A Brooklyn State Assembly member and Manhattan civic groups have joined the chorus of Staten Island and New Jersey voices urging the Port Authority to call off its plan to twin the Goethals bridge ...
NY Groups Assail Pending U.S. Transit Cuts Bus and subway systems around New York State would suffer a 44% loss in federal aid if the U.S. House of Representatives votes for a pending budget proposal, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign a...
Transit Cut Jitters In an awkward moment at 347 Madison Avenue last Tuesday, no one on the MTA Board's NYC Transit Committee would second a motion to vote severe cuts to bus and subway service. A decision on the ...
Orange County: Won't Pay MTA Citing deteriorating service and poor representation on the MTA's board, Orange County legislators voted unanimously last week to withhold $45,000 in railroad station maintenance fees. The MTA ...
MOVE -- How and Where? The Project Advisory Committee to the Mid-Hudson South Transportation Coordinating Committee on its MOVE (Multiple Occupancy Vehicle Emphasis) Study met June 22nd to review the consultants' initial re...
Wrong Foot Forward The Tri-State Transportation Campaign and Transportation Alternatives released a seven-page study this week showing that over the next five years, capital spending in New York City to increase moto...
Deadly intersection exposed The deaths last Wednesday of two women under the wheels of a laundry truck at 7th Ave and 59th St. in Manhattan might have been prevented by better planning and safety investment. Members of Transport...
Orient Ferry Gamble In spite of local protest against increased car traffic and parking in Southhold, L.I., Cross Sound Ferry Services was able to launch a 350-passenger only high-speed ferry service between Orient, L.I....
Agencies Try Hand at Coordination An initiative to plan and coordinate transportation services and improvements is underway on Staten Island. Begun by NYC Transportation Commissioner Elliot Sander, who would apparently like to develo...
Bronx Meets Big Box Superstore retailing companies, determined to enter the massive New York City market, are meeting resistance as residents and local officials recognize the costs a large retail store can impose on th...
