U.S. Gas Tax Hysteria: Old Formula for State Tax Hikes Although Senate Democrats held off a federal gas tax cut this week, the issue has not gone away (the Wall Street Journal noted Wednesday, however, that individual Senators were feeling less pre...
Gas Tax Opposition Fails in Connecticut In the frenzied eleventh-hour of Connecticut's 1996 legislative session, a measure died that would have repealed a 3¢ state gas tax increase to be phased in this year. Motorists and gas retailers, pa...
Siting Sidewalks The statewide residential site developments standards regulation proposed by the NJ Dept. of Community Affairs' to govern sidewalks, streets and parking represents an important victory for proponents ...
Levy Stops MTA Bond Authorization In an April 30 letter to NY State Transportation Commissioner John Daly, State Senate Transportation Chair Norman Levy (R-Merrick) used his seat on the MTA Capital Program Review Board to veto a Metro...
Traffic Myths A mailing to the members of Concerned Citizens for 25A, a Cold Spring Harbor group fighting New York State DOT's plan to widen an arterial roadway through the town, contained a summary reprint of the ...
NY State DOT Shows True Colors A NY State Dept. of Transportation representative revealed the agency's modus operandi regarding public input and evaluation of planning alternatives in its starkest form at City Council member...
F Y I Conservative estimates suggest that without Amtrak, air passengers on the NYC/Washington, D.C. route would increase 36%. Chicago's O'Hare airport -- the world's busiest -- handles 60 million passenge...
Around the Region: Q79 Bus To Be Cut The MTA has withdrawn plans to extend eastern Queens' Q-79 bus route into Floral Park, Nassau County. Village residents protested the added service, arguing the buses would threaten traffic sa...
Around the Region: Palisades Mall Traffic Study Palisades Park, NJ residents are battling a ShopRite superstore proposal for West Central Blvd. Relying on traffic studies conducted in January and December, developers contend the market woul...
Around the Region: Livery Drivers Want to Pick People Up Too The Metropolitan Livery Assoc. (MLA) last month filed an anti-trust suit against the City of New York, charging that the city violates the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by granting yellow cabs exclusi...
Around the Region: Norwalk Drives Transit Use With Free Parking To lure commuters to the new South Norwalk railroad station, the city of Norwalk offered free parking at its new garage last Friday. City officials expect the 725 space garage to be fully subs...
Around the Region: MTA Web Site Launch The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has launched its site on the World Wide Web. Schedules, travel advisories and other info on Metro-North, Long Island Railroad, NYC subways and buses are all ...
NYC Cyclists Win Battles. How Goes the War? In April, the NYC DOT opened the first new Manhattan bike lane in two years. The Dept. and cycling advocates dedicated a 3-mile, two-way lane from Central Park to 168th St. along Adam Clayt...
Slip Sliding Away Subway riders negotiating the slick new platform tiles aren't the only ones slipping these days. What's happening to NYC transit service?
Dissatisfied with declining service, riders last Wed...
Capital Transit Trouble NY State Assembly member David Gantt has called on the Pataki administration to stop withholding surplus Mass Transit Operating Assistance (MTOA) account funds from strapped upstate mass transit autho...
Gun Nuts Bankroll NJ Right-to-Pollute Fringe A national right-wing extremist group -- Gun Owners of America -- provided "organizational assistance" to an effort to whip up hysteria during the last year about enhanced vehicle inspectio...
