Broad L.I. Transportation Study Under Way The New York State DOT is conducting a $4.5 Million study of transportation needs in Long Island, and the public is invited to get involved. The study, which began last year and will run throu...
Design for Staten Island: A "New Trans-regional Motor Freightway" A critical period of decision-making is approaching for transportation on Staten Island. Internal Port Authority documents obtained by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign show clearly that the Port...
Montclair Trains Still Detoured Through Courts The Montclair Connection, a quarter-mile track link between NJ Transit's Montclair Branch and the Boonton Line, continues to move slowly forward, despite litigation. The connection would connect the ...
Residents and Groups Protest Route 92 Construction For six hours Tuesday night in a packed auditorium, hundreds of central NJ residents and groups sounded off about the Turnpike's plan to build a six-mile, $310 million tolled extension (Rte. 92) throu...
Out of Touch Underground A Straphanger's Campaign report released last week found that nearly half (48.5%) of credit card telephones in subways installed mainly for emergency purposes were broken. The survey, c...
Stock Exchange Terminal? The MTA has begun to seek a consultant to examine the feasibility of extending commuter rail to the Wall Street area. The idea of extending commuter rail operations to lower Manhattan has been...
Distant Signals "Communications-Based Train Control" (CBTC), a wireless train signaling system, is coming to NYC -- but not before most of the old signals celebrate their centenary. Three different CBTC system...
Around the Region: Fighting Cars in Bus Zones 50 NYC traffic-enforcement agents are riding Midtown buses to fight cars and trucks parked in bus lanes and stops. Bus-blockers not only slow service, they also present trouble for wheelchair...
Around the Region: $1 rides in Somerset County A $265,000 federal air quality grant will make possible $1-per-ride suburban commuter transit in NJ's Somerset County starting this summer. The "Franklin Shuttle," part of the county's "Ride W...
Around the Region: HART Attacks in Hartford A group known as Hartford Areas Rally Together (HART) blocked traffic entering and leaving I-84 in Hartford on May 28 to protest several policy issues. Made up of property owners and those int...
No Planning Please, We're New Yorkers At a recent Greater Jamaica Development Corp. meeting, Port Authority director Robert Boyle called the LIRR Jamaica Station the "Gateway to JFK airport." Boyle depicted the Port Authorit...
