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One Collaboration's Missing Pieces A public meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 25th will solicit
public input on congestion fighting strategies on Route 1 in Middlesex
County. NJDOT is planning to widen Rt. 1...
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Highway Capacity for Sprawling Jersey Last week, we reported on Middlesex County's use of NJ State
Development and Redevelopment Plan procedures to chart more sprawl development.
NJDOT and the NJ Highway Authority, whic...
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or 300 - How Many NYC Dead Peds ? The New York City Police Department made news last month when
it reported that combined pedestrian and bicyclist f...
JFK
Rail Still Faces Dog Days of City Planning With few exceptions, news reports of the Federal Aviation Administration's
approval of the Port Authority's use of airport passenger departure fees
to back borrowing for constru...
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the Region: Flushing Station Delay? A disruptive phase of the rehabilitation of the busy Flushing
Main Street subway/bus station may drag into another holiday season,
complain area businesses and Queens elected official...
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the Region: Albany's Rail Booster In Albany, State Assembly member Sam Hoyt is pushing for state-funded
improvements to Amtrak service in New York. Hoyt wants $50 million
in this year's state budget for more and faster trai...
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the Region: Serving NJ's Transit-Dependent New Jersey's Dept. of Human Services plans to spend $12 million
this year on transportation for welfare recipients, up from $8 million
in 1997. Gloucester, Morris, Camden, Essex, Monmouth and Hu...
All
the Rage It seems still an open question whether the anti-"road
rage" legislation proposed by Governor Pataki, with sponsors in
the NY Assembly and State Senate, will addres...
Slow
Train to Staten Island An additional $6-8 million is needed for repair work on the
Staten Island Railroad, said Union County, NJ officials last week in a
letter to NJDOT Commissioner Haley. Reactivation ...
Senator Robert Torricelli of New Jersey was the initial witness before
the President's Commission to Study Capital Budgeting, which convened
its first meeting at the...
