/19970502/mtr12401.htm "Save Farms and Forests" -- NJ Anti-Sprawl Campaign Launched May 2, 1997 Two influential environmental groups, the NJ Audubon Society and the State Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, launched a statewide petition drive this week to put teeth into the State Development and... 124
/19970502/mtr12402.htm Road Pricing Promoted May 2, 1997 The Star-Ledger editorialized in favor of congestion pricing Thursday, noting the concept's center-stage position at a Monday seminar organized by Columbia University and the Regi... 124
/19970502/mtr12403.htm Whose Mega-Project ? -- Planners Say LIRR-Grand Central Project Folly Without Better East Side Transit May 2, 1997 Two big transit projects have the potential to change the face of Manhattan's East Side: the LIRR East Side Access project (LIRR-GCT), which proposes to connect the Long Island Railroad network to Gr... 124
/19970502/mtr12404.htm Transportation With Representation May 2, 1997 Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan has introduced legislation in Albany that would add a Bronx and a Queens resident to the Metro-North and LIRR Commuter Councils, respectively. Today, about 5% of Metro-N... 124
/19970502/mtr12405.htm Another Mega-Project Heard From May 2, 1997 "Access to the Region's Core," a study on regional rail links, with emphasis on trans-Hudson links, will be released this spring. The joint Port Authority, MTA and NJ Transit effort was undertaken du... 124
/19970502/mtr12406.htm New Cars May 2, 1997 The Transit Authority announced its largest ever single contract -- $1.4 billion for 1,080 subway cars to replace the 1950's-era "redbird" IRT cars. The cars will have features such as electronic voic... 124
/19970502/mtr12407.htm Trucks Go Home, or is the Enemy Us? May 2, 1997 The Princeton area was featured in a Tuesday Wall St. Journal piece on the community impacts of increasing truck traffic. Truck traffic has jumped 50% on local streets in the last 10 years, ad... 124
/19970502/mtr12408.htm S.I. Transit Riders Looking Up May 2, 1997 Althought the issue of reducing express bus fares remains at an impasse, efforts to get Staten Island express buses through bottlenecks are bearing fruit. NYC DOT is constructing a bus ramp... 124
/19970502/mtr12409.htm Rare NJ DOT Bright Spot to Shrink? May 2, 1997 While New Jersey DOT's capital planning generally ignores the NJ State Plan's emphasis on the state's urban areas, it has one small program specifically created to address the Plan's priorities. The D... 124
/19970502/mtr12410.htm Rte. 92 Not Dead Yet May 2, 1997 An April Princeton Packet editorial said a "$50 million per mile solution is not appropriate" for the area potentially impacted by the NJ Turnpike Authority's proposed new Rte 92 6-mile toll hi... 124
/19970502/mtr12411.htm Around the Region: Sheridan/Bruckner Interchange Study May 2, 1997 New York State DOT is beginning to study an upgrade of the interchange between the Bruckner and Sheridan Expressways in the Bronx. The upgrade's goals would be to reduce crashes, ease traffic ... 124
/19970502/mtr12412.htm Around the Region: Newark Monorail Popularity Grows May 2, 1997 The Newark Airport monorail is proving so popular that monorail parking lots are almost always full. The $7 parking fee is a draw, as is the time savings by using the system to move quickly fr... 124
/19970502/mtr12413.htm Around the Region: NJ's Hunterdon/Mercer County in the News May 2, 1997 At an April 5th meeting, Hunterdon and Mercer county officials said transportation is the biggest problem facing the counties. The meeting again spotlighted the problem of excessive truck traf... 124
/19970502/mtr12414.htm Seeking Subway [Cycling] [Striding] Sam May 2, 1997 Gridlock Sam Schwartz took issue with our calling his space in the Daily News a "column for motorists moaning" in coverage of NYC Transportation Commissioner Chris Lynn's plan to open th... 124