Riders in the Red? Does the five-year transit financing plan released by MTA Chair E. Virgil Conway on August 10 contain a hidden debt bomb? Under the new MTA plan, a considerable portion of farebox revenues woul...
More Mayor-Port Authority Fallout Port Authority board member and Hudson County Executive Robert Janiszewski blasted Mayor Giuliani's attack on dollar PATH fares Tuesday. The Mayor and NYC Dept. of City Planning report released last ...
NY Parent, Transit Groups: Don't Let Student Pass Issue Slide Parent, children's advocacy, transit and transportation advocacy organizations wrote to Governor Pataki and Mayor Giuliani this week to remind them that the student transit pass issue isn't over...
NYMTC, NJTPA: How're They Doing? As we reported last week, concerned citizens and public interest organizations can add their voices to a federal evaluation of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) and the New Jer...
Rail Freight Up Crain's NY Business reported last week that Port Authority figures show a marked increase in freight containers shipped by rail to and from Ports Elizabeth and Newark from 1988 to 1994. ...
Mall Wins Right to Slam City/Suburb Door An independent arbitrator's decision issued last Friday says the Trumbull Shopping Park can limit bus service from inner-city Bridgeport neighborhoods. The suburban mall decided last year to prohibit...
NYC Pedestrian Safety Stays in Spotlight The New York Police Dept. is establishing a new traffic division headed by a veteran chief. The NYPD told the Daily News, the formation of the unit heralds gridlock and "wild cab drivers" as t...
NJ Route 4: Pedestrians, Neighborhoods Get Short End Citizens and transit advocates say recent measures taken by NJ Transit and NJ DOT to make bus stops on Route 4 between Paramus and Engelwood safer could increase chances of traffic accidents. Numerous...
Goethals Twin: More Criticism A City transportation source told the Campaign the endorsement of the Port Authority's plan to construct of a new highway bridge alongside the Goethals bridge in a NYC Dept. of City Planning report di...
Prospect Link Suggests Compromised Gowanus Review Sources say the Environmental Assessment for the NY State DOT's Gowanus reconstruction project probably won't be released until next spring. Nonetheless, work is underway on the rehabilitation of Bro...
Ringwood Bypass Plan May Require Environmental Review Although Passaic County is already spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on preliminary design work for the Ringwood Avenue Bypass, the new roadway project may have to pass federal environm...
