Table of Contents for MTR #118

Mobilizing the Region
Issue 118 Table of Contents March 21, 1997

In Wake of Death, Newark City Hall, Residents Receptive to Traffic-Calming
At a packed, emotionally charged meeting Thursday night at an elementary school in Newark's south ward, parents and neighbors demanded protection for their children from speeding traffic. They ...
I-287 Widening Contracts Advertised
Ossining's Citizen Register reported last weekend that the NY State Dept. of Transportation is advertising contracts for parts of its effort to widen the Cross-Westchester Expressway ...
This Week in the CT Commuter Rail and Transport Finance Fight...
400 attended the legislative hearing on the fate of Shore Line East in Guilford March 11, but the Shore Line East Riders Association says the fight to preserve commuter rail in CT isn't over...

Wynn Highway Besieged
Opposition to the State of New Jersey's contribution to Steve Wynn's $330 million, 1.6 mile highway/tunnel link in Atlantic City has grown more diverse. Public funds for the project include $95 millio...
Rte. 92 Opponents Gather Steam

Citizens, environmental groups, newspaper editorial boards and towns are asking the NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection not to issue wetlands permits to the NJ Turnpike Authority's plan to build a...
Around the Region: Route 22 Intersection Widening Plan
The Borough Council of North Plainfield, NJ voted this month against NJ DOT plans to widen four intersections along Route 22 through the town. The DOT's original plan to demolish numerous busi...
Around the Region: Messinger Says Kids Fares a Double Standard
Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger wrote to the MTA and organized a press conference this week to hit a "double standard" in discount child fares between commuter railroads and city tra...
Around the Region: Reverse Flow Lane on SI Expressway
NY State DOT planners are moving forward with a look at converting an off-peak lane on the Staten Island Expressway to a reverse-flow bus lane. But the NYC Dept. of City Planning is making pess...
Around the Region: Monmouth County Highway Congested
NJ Transit analyses say 20,000 bus riders and thousands of motorists are delayed by traffic on highways in Monmouth County, and that congestion will get much worse in the future. But plans to ...
Chicago Bike Program Lauded by FHWA: Can NYC Get it Together?
A recent Federal Highway Administration publication, More Than Asphalt, Concrete and Steel, celebrates federal funding of "non-traditional" transportation projects. Since the passage of ISTEA ...
JFK-Jamaica Light Rail: Some Details
The Port Authority's airport access team held an on-site briefing Monday of its emerging plan to re-make Queens' Jamaica Station into an attractive transit hub. The PA and the MTA want travelers to an...
Toolbox
The Poughkeepsie-Dutchess County Transportation Council has published a well-designed, informative booklet entitled "Air Pollution From Cars and Trucks in Dutchess, Putnam and Northern Orange Count...