Car Talk in the Nineties: HOV Doublespeak Transportation agencies bent on expanding highway capacity in our region are primarily using HOV ("high-occupancy vehicle") lanes to justify highway widening projects. HOV's are easier to win federal...
Goethals Twin Close to Federal Approval The U.S. Coast Guard is about to release the final environmental impact statement for the Port Authority proposal to construct a new highway bridge alongside the I-278 Goethals Bridge, according to t...
Who Should Pay for a Harbor Rail Tunnel? In a Daily News opinion piece last week, Urban Assembly president Richard Kahan says the division of Conrail by CSX and Norfolk-Southern railroads represents an opportunity for the metropolitan...
NY State DOT Will Look at Brooklyn Tunnel The New York State DOT says it will examine proposals to place Brooklyn's elevated Gowanus Expressway (I-278) in a tunnel. In the recent environmental impact statement "scoping memorandum," the DOT s...
PA Pushes JFK Rail to the Brink The Port Authority has asked the five engineering/construction groups bidding on the contract for the JFK-Jamaica light rail project to redo proposals so that initial phases of the project s...
Bergen Rail Cross Currents Bergen County and NJ Transit are engaged in an extensive look at options for new passenger rail services. The "West Shore Region major investment study" is examining commuter potential along three...
Election Year Bonus for Queens Drivers We reported recently that Mayor Giuliani has called for elimination of the $1.75 Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge toll. The Daily News now reports that Governor Pataki has told the MTA to el...
Poughkeepsie's Practical Planning The Dutchess County Planning and Development Office contacted us in response to MTR 135's critique of Metro-North Railroad parking expansion projects. Dutchess County says, in Poughkeep...
U.S. Enacts Parking Cash-Out The balanced budget/tax cut legislation signed into law by President Clinton on August 6, 1997 changes the tax code to permit employees to accept cash in lieu of parking benefits.
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MTA's Anti-Bicycling Record Excoriated At a stormy meeting Monday, New York City DOT and City Planning officials and a senior Rockland County planner joined with Transportation Alternatives to harshly criticize the Metropolitan Transpor...
Hartford Still Wants Griffin Line The Griffin Line, a proposed light rail link between downtown Hartford and Bradley International Airport, is still supported by the Greater Hartford Transit District board, headed by Paul Ehrhardt. ...
Truck Headaches Lead to Bans Hartford's Council Ordinance Committee has recommended to the Council that trucks be banned from Old Main and King Streets in East Hartford. The recommendation comes after residents complained that 1...
Grim Prediction for '97 NJ Traffic Deaths This summer, the Bergen Record once again drew attention to New Jersey's high traffic fatality rates, including the state's high pedestrian death toll. The hook: 1997 looks like it will hav...
More Light Rail Funding More funding for light rail in Newark and Union County was approved last week by the NJ Transit board. The $1 million approved by the board will be tacked onto a $9.9 million contract for engineering...
