ISTEA-2 Takes Shape -- House Transportation Chair Releases Bill This week, Rep. Bud Shuster, Chair of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released his bill for reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991....
NYC Dem Hopefuls Embark for City Hall The Straphangers Campaign, Committee for Better Transit, and NYC Transit Riders Council recently solicited comments on transit policy from the Democrats who will seek their party's nominatio...
Northeast: Don't Railroad Us The Coalition of Northeast Governors is opposing the proposed division of Conrail between CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. A recent filing with the Surface Transportation Board by the governors o...
Advocates Say Queens Subways More Crowded The Committee for Better Transit reports that already-jammed Queens subway lines are being crowded further now that NYC bus-subway transfers are free. CBT says the MTA should:...
Staten Island Still Says No to Goethals Twin With the issue of constructing a second Goethals Bridge once again in the news, Staten Island political and opinion leadersare re-registering their strong opposition to the project. Sev...
Highways Dominate Long Island Planning Traffic headaches on north-south routes on Long Island are spurring road construction by the NY State DOT, but planning for transit lines to serve these trips is receiving less concerted attention. <...
Coping with the Truck Crisis NJ Route 518, which traverses Hunterdon, Mercer and Somerset counties, has been a battleground for two years over the growing number of trucks using the route as a short cut through bucolic towns. Gr...
Around the Region: New Strategy For Foes Of The L.I.E. HOV Lane Foes of the NY State DOT's plan to build a new HOV lane on the L.I.E. in eastern Queens say they will appeal their recent defeat in court. Since the City of NY was a plaintiff alongside Queens...
Around the Region: Movable Bridge Privatization In Connecticut ConnDOT has solicited bids from private firms to operate movable bridges in Mystic, East Haddam, Niantic, South Norwalk, Bridgeport and Milford, according to the Courant. ConnDOT says t...
Around the Region: NJ Moves Ahead To Finance Atlantic City Tunnel New Jersey is going ahead with aid to finance the controversial $330 million Atlantic City tunnel project -- a project which Mirage Resorts of Las Vegas has made a condition of its return to At...
Around the Region: NJ Turnpike To Get Own Weather Tracking Citing weather as the cause of one-third of all accidents on the NJ Turnpike, 100 sensors will be imbedded in the NJ Turnpike's roadway as part of a $2 million plan to keep close tabs on road c...
Why Fly? The Wall Street Journal recently profiled short distance air travelers and the available train trips that could have saved them time. The article reported that many fly out of habit, la...
