Governor Pataki Institutes Sweeping NYC Discount Fare Program Ending weeks of advocacy, politicking and speculation about the mounting operating budget surplus at the NYC Transit Authority, New York Governor George Pataki today outlined a comprehensive fare disc...
Huge Win for Straphangers Campaign The pending institution of transit fare passes in NYC -- an issue barely acknowledged in the public realm before this fall -- is a case study in adept public policy advocacy by the Straphangers...
Looking Ahead: NYC Transit Renaissance? Today, Governor Pataki said that sweeping fare policy changes would "prepare the transit system for the 21st Century." Spurred by fare incentives, New Yorkers are coming back to the transit system in...
NY State DOT Sued Over Gowanus Project Transportation reformers and West Brooklyn community groups and businesses filed suit last Wednesday against the Federal Highway Administration, the NY State DOT and the NY Metropolitan Transportation...
Clash Over Unwanted Goethals Twin Port Authority officials have pledged that the Goethals twin - a new I-278 highway bridge between NJ and Staten Island -- will not be constructed in the face of community opposition. But the agency c...
Seeking Second Avenue Subway NYC Transit Authority President Lawrence Reuter commented at a Nov. 25 forum that momentum needed to build a Second Avenue Subway is forming. Reuter said linking the Long Island Railroad to Grand Cent...
NJ Planners Illegally Neglect Cycling, Walking A recent report by the Federal Highway Administration on compliance with ISTEA bicycle and pedestrian planning and promotion mandates notes that the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority...
Light Rail Lobby Trenton Mayor Douglas Palmer, together with officials of neighboring counties, traveled to Newark in November to urge NJ Transit's board to approve the Trenton-Camden light rail line, known as the "So...
Business Help Will Extend Brooklyn Bus Route A Brooklyn developer with property along the downtown waterfront will improve access to its site by fronting the $90,000 cost of a weekday two block extension of the NYC Transit Authority's B25...
Thanksgiving At its annual dinner on Nov. 20, the Federated Conservationists of Westchester County honored Maureen Morgan, president of the organization from 1994 to 1996 and anchor of the coalition that fo...
