NY DOT Advances Westchester HOV Lane The NY State Dept. of Transportation has released the final environmental impact statement for its plan to widen the Cross-Westchester Expressway with a reversible median "high-occupancy...
Airport Agreement Close to Arrival Top New York City, NY State and transit agency officials are meeting weekly to resolve issues blocking the start of construction on a light rail line linking JFK airport terminals, the Howard B...
Uphill Ride On Monday, the NY Times recognized that bicycle riding in NYC is on the rise, and noted some of the steps city government is taking to better accommodate it. These have included the new bicycl...
Death on the Streets The NYC traffic safety crisis was brought into stark relief this week with the killing of Rachel Fruchter, an esteemed biochemist, by a speeding van as she rode through a city park. Fruchter was kill...
The Price of Traffic Chaos Ironically, it is the human face of bicyclists and their relative political weakness that make them such attractive targets for the public's general upset over the chaos and danger that rule city stre...
Dumping Diesel in NJ: Lautenberg Backs Goal With Bucks The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has earmarked $12 million to buy clean fuel buses for NJ Transit, thanks to Senator Frank Lautenberg. The measure will still have to be approved in the...
Stop Sprawl, Vote for Open Space The new Bergen Open Space Coalition is proposing a November referendum on the establishment of a public trust fund for open space. 12 other NJ counties have already set up such funds, paid for...
NYMTC: Voice of the State Highway Dept. Critics of the NY Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) have long charged that the agency is a creature of the NY State Dept. of Transportation. The latter's main job is maintaining and buildin...
