Westchester HOV Lane Faces Cascading Opposition Ted Dunn, Mayor of Rye, NY and Republican nominee for Westchester County Executive, issued a press statement Monday declaring that the HOV lane proposed by the New York State DOT for the Cross-Westche...
NJ Route 92 Tab Grows While the 6.7-mile New Jersey Route 92 project has not been built yet, the project's costs are already making headlines. The recent expenditure by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority of $655,000 for tra...
Get Real About Dollar Vans NYC's "Dollar cabs" won a partial victory this week, when Brooklyn Van Lines, Inc. received a license to operate from the NYC City Council. But the license, and the compromise worked out between Mayo...
Signs of Intelligence? Two weeks ago, we discussed plans to deploy "intelligent transportation systems" (ITS) in the region, noting the traveler information gulf that now exists between transit riders and motorists.
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Is There a Nassau Hub? The Long Island Planning Commission (LIPC) and the Regional Plan Association (RPA) began meeting regularly last week to analyze and recommend short and long range plans for transit services in the "Na...
Union Says Incidents Prove Policy's Dangers Two criminal assaults on conductor-less Rockaway 'A' trains have led Transport Workers Union Local 100 to renew its condemnation of "one-person train operation" (OPTO). A one-year OPTO pilot program ...
Around the Region: Fast Track The second phase of work on freight tracks along Staten Island's north shore has begun. The $5.3 million job includes track replacement for branches at the Howland Hook Marine Terminal, the Pr...
Around the Region: Sound Ferries A ferry from NYC to Greenport, on Long Island's North Fork, begins a trial run August 15th. Operated by New York Fast Ferry, the Greenport boat will make the trip to Manhattan's 34th St...
Around the Region: Better NJT Stations NJ Transit began a $1 million program this week to renovate 11 train stations. Included in the "STAR" station renovation program are Trenton, New Brunswick, Elizabeth, Little Silver, Long Branch, Asb...
Public Policy Spurs U.K. Urban Revival "The long slow decline" of British cities has ended, the Economist newsweekly reports, as pro-urban public policies, combined with mounting suburban congestion and longer travel times, have sta...
Scenes We Hate To See As MetroCard use rises, dependence on the automated fare collection system grows. During a recent Friday morning rush hour at the 96th Street and Broadway station, the faces of that dependence reflec...
