Lull Before the Storm On Monday, Bud Shuster, Chair of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, toured transportation project sites in New Jersey and New York City as part of his high profile national...
"Smart Transportation": Who Benefits? Big plans are afoot for so-called Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in New York City, but you'll barely notice it if you're a transit rider (whose train is guided by signals installed in 1918)....
More on Trash Transport Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer said this week that New York City's contract with Waste Management for the export of Bronx garbage unacceptably adds to the number of trucks plying Bronx street...
Float Fracas The Cross Harbor Railway, a private operation that barges rail cars across NY Harbor between rail heads in NJ and Brooklyn, is suing Conrail for $901 million, saying the big railroad is trying to driv...
NY Looks for Leverage NY State has made an application to the Federal Highway Administration for the state to be included in the federal government's pilot "state infrastructure bank" (SIB) program. Infrastructure ...
EZ Parking One project in the NY SIB application points to rapid development of E-ZPass into a payment medium for a variety of motorist fees. The NY Thruway Authority is working with private institutions and go...
Passaic County Steamrolls Public Concern Passaic County has released a new version of its environmental impact statement for the proposed Ringwood Avenue Bypass. The bypass would double traffic capacity on Passaic Rte. 511 in Wanaque and pr...
Around the Region: March on City Hall Under a banner that read, "250 corpses and who cares?" some 75 New Yorkers marched on City Hall Tuesday to demand that Mayor Giuliani assume responsibility for reducing NYC's pedestrian ...
Around the Region: Dutchess County TIP Details The 1998-2002 Poughkeepsie-Dutchess Transportation Improvement Program includes 20 new projects, including a study of the potential for Metro-North service on the Beacon Line between Beacon and...
Around the Region: Electrification Project Underway On the Northeast rail corridor between New York and Boston, a fast ride is hard to find. The decrepit track that leads into the New Haven station has long prevented speeds over 15 mph, but Amt...
Around the Region: Brooklyn Van Lines License Rejected Again A license application by Brooklyn Van Lines, a "dollar cab" operator, was rejected overwhelmingly last week by the NYC City Council. Mayor Giuliani vetoed the Council's rejection, and told the...
Two new bus routes that shuttle Hartford residents to suburban jobs will begin operating next month. Advocates and the city administration had called for increased transportation provision for ...
Cross-Hudson Traffic as Political Football Officials in Rockland and Westchester Counties say Fort Lee, NJ's plan to send more cars and trucks their way is bad NIMBY politics, and that a regional solution should be sought. Mayor Eilee...
