/19960823/mtr09301.htm Tri-State Area May Be Choice for U.S. Smart Highway Program August 23, 1996 An unofficial and as yet unsubstantiated report says that the U.S. DOT has selected the metropolitan area as one of a small number of urban regions to receive priority infusions of technology, trai... 93
/19960823/mtr09302.htm Revelation of the Week:"Time is Money" August 23, 1996 The Mobilizing the Region #92 report on the Port Authority's analysis of peak-period toll premiums at Hudson River crossings drew intense media response this week. The stories ran in the St... 93
/19960823/mtr09303.htm NYC Mega-Store Zoning Fight Down to Wire August 23, 1996 New Yorkers for Responsible Land Use Policy will protest the zoning change proposed by Mayor Giuliani to weaken NYC land use review procedures and permit the opening of retail mega-stores in industria... 93
/19960823/mtr09304.htm AAA Hints at Incentive Toll Fight August 23, 1996 September's Car & Traveler magazine exhibits the AAA's anxiety about studies and real-world tests of roadway pricing, and may presage a campaign to ensure that incentive tolls are unable to... 93
/19960823/mtr09305.htm NJ Environment Officials Reject Ringwood Bypass Impact Study August 23, 1996 The NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection suspended its review of Passaic County's proposed Ringwood Avenue Bypass project, in July, declaring the road project's environmental impact statement incompl... 93
/19960823/mtr09306.htm Prioritizing Transit August 23, 1996 Local 726 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, representing S.I. transit workers, is waging an energetic campaign to reduce fares from $4 to $2 on NYC Transit express buses and create bus lanes... 93
/19960823/mtr09307.htm Brooklyn Traffic Uproar Intensifies August 23, 1996 Last Thursday, one hundred west Brooklyn residents stopped traffic at the corner of Bond and Pacific to renew their call for traffic calming. The rally, the third this year, met with strong su... 93
/19960823/mtr09308.htm Around the Region: LIRR Riders Want Free Transfers Too August 23, 1996 Nassau and Suffolk County Executives and business and commuter representatives are pressuring the MTA to extend its bus/subway transfer policy -- set to begin July 1997-- to LIRR riders,... 93
/19960823/mtr09309.htm Around the Region: NJ Route 518 Truck Fight August 23, 1996 Hopewell township, East Amwell and Montgomery residents have initiated a "neighborhood effort" against 18-wheeler trucks on Route 518, where truck traffic has skyrocketed in the p... 93
/19960823/mtr09310.htm Around the Region: Connecticut Park ISTEA Enhancement Program Success August 23, 1996 The Farmington Linear Park in Cheshire, CT was recognized earlier this summer by federal transportation officials as one of the top 25 projects nationwide funded by ISTEA's Enhancements Program... 93
/19960823/mtr09311.htm Around the Region: Riders Suffer While Metro-North and Westchester DOT Feud August 23, 1996 While Metro-North and the Westchester County Dept. of Transportation feud over which party will pay the $115,000 annual cost of extending one or more existing bus routes to the new Hudson Line ... 93
/19960823/mtr09312.htm Common Sense vs. Induced Traffic August 23, 1996 Scores of residents of Randolph Township in Morris County, NJ objected at a July public hearing to NJ DOT plans to widen the Suffolk Turnpike from two to four lanes for a congested one-mile str... 93
/19960823/mtr09313.htm Signs of Intelligent Life August 23, 1996 One-third of commuters in Copenhagen travel by bicycle, but the government says that's not enough -- the official goal is to eliminate two of every three car trips under two miles. Cyclin... 93