Port Authority Hopes to Revive Goethals Twin The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Port Authority's proposed new highway bridge alongside the NJ/NY I-278 Goethals Bridge was released today, despite continued commu...
Sprawl a Loser in Local NJ Votes While pundits wallow in the supposed messages sent by the electorate about expensive car insurance and high property taxes, voters across New Jersey registered another major public concern. NJ voters...
Mega-Project Scorecard Transit planners continue to convene public meetings and seek press attention for two huge Manhattan projects whose prospects today occupy the part of the spectrum between "exceedingly dim" and "theor...
Route 6 Battle Continues The pitched battle over Route 6 east of Hartford continues apace. ConnDOT recently wrote to federal agencies criticizing an engineering study commissioned by Connecticut Fund for the Environment and ...
Mayor Could Cut Express Bus Fares We noted recently that Mayor Giuliani said that reduction of NYC Transit Staten Island express fares should be considered in any package of fare incentives and service increases that could poss...
Bayonne Votes for Mixed Use of Base The "preferred alternative" for redeveloping the soon-to-be-closed Military Ocean Terminal of Bayonne (MOTBY) was announced Oct. 30th at a public meeting of the Bayonne Reuse Commission. MOTBY's loca...
Around the Region: New Bee-Line Buses Three new Westchester Bee-Line bus routes will be free in November to attract new riders. The routes, from the White Plains Metro-North station to office parks on Westchester and Harrison Avenu...
The "ShuttleCat," a ferry between Norwalk, CT and LaGuardia Airport, is making trial runs while Norwalk officials complete traffic and parking studies. The double-hulled ferry can cross L....
Around the Region: New Jersey Bus Toll Redux Though buses roll through Lincoln Tunnel toll booths thanks to a form of E-ZPass the bus companies and Port Authority have used since the 1980's, commuter buses that the NJ Turnpike exem...
Commuter Rail Extension Approved The $18 million extension of the Harlem Valley Line six miles beyond Dover Plains to Wassaic is going forward now that its environmental impact statement has received a "record of decisi...
Bike Menace, Car Threat Pedestrian safety and courteous bicycling and driving shared the spotlight on Manhattan's Upper East Side last week. On Tuesday, Oct. 28th, Transportation Alternatives members took to the streets to l...
