Connecticut Law: Traffic Reduction Mandate The Connecticut Legislature has created a legal mandate for the reduction of traffic in the jammed I-95 corridor from Branford to Greenwich. The legislation directs ConnDOT to create an action plan t...
City (and State) Fail Rail We reported several weeks ago (MTR #131) that Waste Management Inc. had won the NYC contract to export Bronx garbage, and that the operation was currently truck-borne. Eighteen-wheelers take...
Some Neighborhoods Beat 3-Fare Zones We reported last week that riders who need to take two buses to reach the subway are out of luck, but if you're a Q79 rider from Little Neck or an S60 regular near St. John's in Staten Island, you can...
Going North Reflecting strong suburban job growth, and spurred by fare incentives, the increase in Metro-North Railroad reverse commuting continues without let-up. Many riders make the run from the Bronx to point...
Metro North May Bid for Port Jervis Line Metro North is very interested in purchasing the Port Jervis line. The single track line is used by 1,400 commuters on 16 trains each day. They now share the track with 10 freight trains. Me...
Around the Region: Foot-Friendly Grand Central Pedestrian access to Grand Central Terminal will improve when several new north exits open, shortening some walking trips by as much as 12 minutes. The new passageways, one carved out of an old bagga...
Around the Region: Tappan Zee Bike Trial? The NY Thruway Dept. may close a lane or two on the Tappan Zee bridge one Sunday this fall. The move could be a test for a policy like the summer Sundays traffic closure of the Bronx River Parkway fo...
Around the Region: Sprawl Denizens Demand Rail Hard-core commuters who make the 3-hour trek to New York by car have formed the Penn-Jersey Rail Coalition to promote revival of the Lackawanna Cutoff, a 26-mile line that runs across New Jersey's War...
Around the Region: A Small Step for Clean Transit At its June Board meeting, NJ Transit awarded a contract for purchase of 50 compressed natural gas cruiser buses to Motor Coach Industries (MCI) of Winnipeg. The$24.5 million contract includes $746,00...
Transportation Connection Missing from NJ Rule Re-write After two years of deliberation, New Jersey's Land Use, Infrastructure and Environment (LUIE) project -- a joint project of the DEP, DOT and Dept. of Community Affairs (DCA) -- is finally coming to a ...
