Moving the Goods Agencies charged with improving the region's business climate and with managing its transportation system are struggling with the problem of freight accessibility to New York City and Long Island, and...
Northeast States Respond to STEP-21 ISTEA reauthorization issues occupied about 90% of last week's Coalition of Northeastern Governor's (CONEG) meeting in Vermont. Northeastern and a few other states, alarmed by the early organi...
Whose Road Lobby? Ross J. Pepe, President of the Construction Industry Council of Westchester and the Hudson Valley, contacted the Campaign to disagree with what he saw as our conflation in MTR #106 of the "road...
75 Years Late: the Harbor Freight Tunnel In the breach, the issue of the harbor rail freight tunnel has fallen to elected proponents, like Congressman Gerrold Nadler, and NYC agencies that recognize that the freight problem will persist unle...
NYS DOT Ponders Cross Bronx Future The State Dept. of Transportation is poised to launch a major study of "operational problems" on the Cross Bronx (I-95) and Major Deegan (I-87) Expressways. The DOT says the study is the first phase ...
EDC Says Howland Hook Trains Are Coming Responding to MTR #106 ("Howland Hook Trains Are Late") the NYC Economic Development Corporation called to inform us that it is finalizing a contract for refurbishing the NY/NJ rail bridge...
Around the Region: Free Westchester Buses Around Christmas Westchester County's Bee-Line Bus System ran free of charge Dec. 21st and 22nd. County Executive Andrew O'Rourke advertised the promotion as "a sensible way to ease traffic on the roads and to...
Around the Region: Water Utilitiy Takes Ringwood Bypass To Task A water utility that owns part of the proposed route for the Ringwood Ave. Bypass announced Tuesday that the it opposes the upper Passaic County road project. Also, the N. Jersey District Wate...
Around the Region: Port Authority Wants Ferry Proposals The Port Authority is seeking proposals from private companies to run non-subsidized ferry lines between Middlesex, NJ, Staten Island, Brooklyn and Manhattan. Meanwhile, proposals to operate a...
