Number of additional highway lanes needed if those riders drove instead: 10
Annual econo... 79 /19960517/mtr07907.htm Testing NJ's State Plan May 17, 1996 Because its intent is to channel development into areas that are already served by services like roads, sewers and even public transportation, the NJ State Development and Redevelopment Plan has poten... 79 /19960517/mtr07908.htm The Case for Civil Service Rule Reform May 17, 1996 In the May 5 NY Times "City Section," NYC Dept. of Transportation's Bob Schulman responded to an inquiry about Manhattan bus stops whose siting requires riders transferring between buses to cro... 79 /19960517/mtr07909.htm Around the Region: Bee-Line Suburb-to-Suburb Pilot May 17, 1996 Connecticut Transit and Westchester County's Bee-Line bus system will launch a trial express-bus route between the Stamford and White Plains train stations June 3rd. The "I-95" bus linking int... 79 /19960517/mtr07910.htm Around the Region: Brooklyn Express Bus Fracas May 17, 1996 Sea Gate and Bensonhurst, Brooklyn civic activists are fighting Transit Authority plans to shorten the X-29 express bus route to Manhattan and to slash three of its morning runs. The TA claims... 79 /19960517/mtr07911.htm Around the Region: Upstate NY Counties Get Bus Cuts May 17, 1996 Albany area bus riders have had to contend with more than higher fares since last week. Service cuts by the Capital District Transportation meant the elimination of three bus routes and the "p... 79 /19960517/mtr07912.htm Around the Region: Express PATH Trains May 17, 1996 Morning express PATH trains from Newark Penn Station to the World Trade Center began running late last month. The trains save approximately 3 minutes, and riders have reported more "elbow room... 79 /19960517/mtr07913.htm Around the Region: LIRR Ticket Window Closing News May 17, 1996 In a letter last week to the Long Island Business News, Nassau County Comptroller Frederick Parola bashed the MTA plan to close some LIRR stations and ticket windows for its "apparent ab... 79 /19960517/mtr07914.htm ConnDOT Rte. 6 Plan Cut Down Again May 17, 1996 Hartford Courant political columnist Don Noel broadsided CT Dept. of Transportation plans to build a Route 6 expressway east of Hartford this week, arguing that the costly quarter- to half-bill... 79 /19960517/mtr07915.htm Fare Deals: NYC DOT, Not MTA, Gets it Right May 17, 1996 The Daily News reported this week that the MTA was working on fare discount programs to boost the sagging fortunes of its MetroCard electronic fare collection program. MetroCard, which must b... 79 /19960517/mtr07916.htm D'Amato Joins Westchester Rail Foes May 17, 1996 While Daniel P. Moynihan frets at New York State's frittering of federal transportation dollars on routine road maintenance, NY's junior U.S. Senator has been busy blasting one of the MTA's few transi... 79 /19960517/mtr07917.htm CT Bike/Ped Plan: Better Late Than... May 17, 1996 ConnDOT hopes to issue a draft of its (federally-mandated) state-wide bicycle and pedestrian plan this spring. The plan was outlined two years ago by an advisory committee convened for the purpose, w... 79 /19960517/mtr07918.htm Trip Reduction's Twilight May 17, 1996 Transportation Committees in both houses of New Jersey's Legislature approved bills (S.53 and A.1491) last week that would eliminate NJ's commuter trip reduction rules. Though President Clinton... 79