Giuliani Releases Plan to Eliminate Port Authority The Daily News reported this morning that Mayor Giuliani will hold a press conference today to call for the elimination of the Port Authority of NY and NJ. The Mayor will recommend creation of...
U.S. Transit Funding Back on the Block The House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee will reportedly begin work on fiscal year 1997's federal transportation funding provisions on June 6. Where this season has witnessed much pious...
Weight-Distance Tax...Break While the nation's top pols rush to rescind the 4.3¢/gallon gas tax surcharge and add $5 billion a year to the deficit, a burgeoning loophole in the federal tax code is also robbing the Treasury of bi...
Dim Designation Though Mayor Giuliani aims his harshest assaults at agencies he doesn't control, this winter he did propose to eliminate NYC transportation department. A Daily News report that changing the NY...
Pump Politics Lawmakers should not expect their support of the federal gas tax repeal to translate into more voter support, reports the Hartford Courant. In a poll conducted by the paper, a m...
The Traffic Dome In comments to the press, three professional sports teams joined Meadowlands communities in questioning the traffic impacts of a 1.1 million-square-foot entertainment and retail pavilion propos...
Mayor Kills Bronx Ped Zone Last week, Mayor Giuliani unexpectedly axed the five year tradition of car-free Sundays on three and one-half miles of the Bronx' Grand Concourse. Bronx Borough President Ferrer had recently ...
NYC Transit is adjusting motors on subway cars to slow them down. The problem is that trains are too powerful for the antiquated signal system. The change will add 3 to 51/2 minutes to ea...
Around the Region: NJ Anti-Truck Rally Truck impact issues have emerged prominently in New Jersey's 12th Congressional District Democratic primary. Candidate Carl Mayer staged an anti-truck rally last week in Lawrence as par...
Around The Region: Newark Monorail Opens The monorail connecting Newark Airport terminals is scheduled to open today. The initial 1.9 mile route will not leave the airport, though the Port Authority is developing a plan to run it to ...
Around The Region: LIE HOV Lanes Earlier Then Expected The NY State DOT said last week that Long Island Expressway HOV lanes will be open for midday general use by mid-summer -- six months earlier than planned. The DOT announced in January it woul...
Around The Region: NYCTA Electronic Message Signs Coming The NYC Transit Authority plans to install electronic message screens in 54 subway stations by the end of next year. The signs would hang above subway platforms and inform riders of train freq...
Around The Region: Connecticut TransitCheck Expansion The Connecticut DOT will expand its TransitChecks program in a renewed effort to promote mass transit. Now, any size company will receive tax benefits for giving employees TransitChecks to use...
Data Dinosaurs When will New York produce a user-friendly guide to its transportation construction program (the so-called "Transportation Improvement Program," or TIP)? For five years the New York City Transportati...
Road Pricing in Europe The UK Dept. of Transport is launching a road pricing experiment with 400 volunteers from Leicester. Each will be given a "smart card" worth £300 to spend on transportation during a fixed period. If...
