/19980123/mtr15801.htm Transport Politics: Govs Throw Bones to Travelers of All Stripes January 23, 1998

* Motor Voters After doing right by NYC transit riders with the recent announcement of unlimited-ride transit passes and last year’s free bus-subway transfers, NY Governor Pataki may have felt ... 158 /19980123/mtr15802.htm 60 Extra Deaths: Who’s Responsible? January 23, 1998

NYC’s pedestrian-motorist wars moved from the midtown barriers to City Hall’s doorstep this week, as the Times joined Newsday in reporting that pedestrian deaths jumped by 25% ... 158 /19980123/mtr15803.htm City Traffic Successes to Build On January 23, 1998

As we reported last week, the flap over Mayor Giuliani’s pedestrian barricades and where city traffic enforcement efforts are best placed is kindling traffic policy proposals from a number of quart... 158 /19980123/mtr15804.htm Segmenting Super Seven January 23, 1998

Citizens for a Sensible Seven in the corridor from Norwalk to Danbury in western Connecticut have enlisted U.S. Rep. James Maloney to back their demand that any major expansion of U.S. Ro... 158 /19980123/mtr15805.htm ConnDOT Seeks to End Griffin Line Debate January 23, 1998

ConnDOT appears to be seeking a final showdown with the Hartford metropolitan planning organization, the Capital Region Council of Governments (CRCOG), over the proposal to build the Griffin... 158 /19980123/mtr15806.htm Wanaque Ends Quest for Bypass January 23, 1998

Officials in Wanaque, NJ have dropped support for a plan to double capacity on Passaic County Rte 511 (the "Ringwood Avenue Bypass") which would provide a high-volume connection from I-287 t... 158 /19980123/mtr15807.htm Goethals Twin Moving Slowly, But Won’t Go Away January 23, 1998

At a NY Building Congress breakfast today, Port Authority executive director Robert Boyle did not mention the Goethals Bridge "twin" project among the many capital projects he described to construc... 158 /19980123/mtr15808.htm Mobilizing the Nation: ISTEA Reauthorization; Transportation Injustice in Atlanta January 23, 1998

* The development of Congressional debate over ISTEA-2 this year may depend heavily on the House of Representatives’ budget resolution, usually voted on in spring. House Transportatio... 158