Capital Plan Confusion In recent correspondence with the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, various arms of the NY State Dept. of Transportation have indicated that future capital funding for the Department's programs is un...
U.S. Court Gets Transit Finance Crash Course Federal judge Robert Patterson heard six hours of argument and testimony last night in a crowded lower Manhattan courtroom on a request for an injunction against the MTA's NYC subway and bus fare incr...
Trust Fund Drumbeat Picks Up While sleepy elections remain a threat to renewal of the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund, The Star Ledger and the Courier News sent a wake up call to NJ voters this week, urging a y...
Billion Dollar Bergen Plan Bergen County announced a $1 billion plan to reduce traffic congestion Wednesday. The proposal unveiled by County Executive William Schuber and County Planner Chester Mattson would use existing...
Unsafe at Walking Speed The New Jersey Public Interest Research Group launched a new Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Project this week with the help of costume-clad Jersey City third graders. At a pre-Halloween press confer...
Retrofitting Sidewalk-Free Towns Connecticut towns have outlined a number of impressive projects to install sidewalks along a number of unwalkable roadways for ISTEA "transportation enhancements" funding. It is currently difficult t...
Northeast Governors for Amtrak NJ Governor Christine Whitman is appealing to neighboring governors for a joint approach to saving Amtrak's Northeast Corridor line, facing the strong likelihood of losing federal support. At ...
Queens: NO HOV Senator Frank Padavan's assertion, "We don't want an HOV lane in Queens" represented the overwhelming response of Queens residents at a public hearing last week on the NY State DOT's Long Islan...
Traffic Fatalities Increase for Second Year The NY Times reported Sunday that U.S. traffic deaths rose for a second year in a row, signaling a clear departure from the 20-year downward trend in traffic fatalities. Traffic deaths ...
Reverse Gear on Auto-Pollution Even as government clean air efforts continue to ignore a critical root of the problem -- the growing amount of driving -- area politicians moved this summer to weaken existing tailpipe measures. ...
Maplewood's Citizens Plan In Maplewood, New Jersey, community activists and local officials have sketched an ambitious plan to help revitalize the town business district, dramatically improve the environment for pedestrian and...
