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  • The Mayor's Street Smarts

    A 1999 Mayor's Management Report that documents a big drop in pedestrian fatalities, lower top speeds on avenues, less red-light running and a robust NYC traffic calming program would signal a welc...

  • D'Amato: Point Man for Transit, Metro Region

    Transit riders in the New York region and other cities are counting on Senator Al D'Amato to come through in the Capitol Hill fight over federal transportation spending.

    The reauthorization ...

  • "Environmental Streamlining" - What's at Stake

    The ISTEA-2 bill before the Senate contains provisions for "environmental streamlining." The term is a euphemism for a return to the days of damn-the-torpedoes infrastructure building. "Streamliner...

  • Staten Island Sour on Lane Additions

    Staten Island residents spoke out for public transit and reducing car dependency at an open house on the Staten Island Expressway major investment study last week.

    DOT displays seemed desig...

  • Around the Region: Road Expansion Meets Direct Democracy
     Road widening opponents in Middlefield, CT (south of Hartford) are on their way to winning a town meeting on the issue. Citizens for a Sensible 66 told the Courant they are confident the...

  • Around the Region: PATH Crime
     Crime in PATH trains was down 24% last year from 1996 levels. Officials attribute the decline to pro-active work by Port Authority police, but police union leaders say the reduction may reflect...

  • Around the Region: Clean Fuel vs. South Bronx Asthma ?
    Bronx Congressman Jose Serrano spoke on the House floor Tuesday about South Bronx asthma rates, stating "waste treatment facilities and their fleets of diesel trucks are killing our children, o...

  • Around the Region: City Matches MTA Express Bus Discount
     Mayor Giuliani has taken action to keep city-supported private express bus fares in line with the cost of riding MTA express buses. The city in fact runs more express buses - mainly in Queens a...

  • Route 1 Towns Want More Than New Lanes

    At a public hearing this week in New Brunswick, representatives from Edison and Woodbridge Townships stated that the Route 1 widening project should not proceed until complementary strategies ident...

  • A Letter to the Editor Newsday Didn't Run

    "HOV Sweet HOV" (editorial, Feb. 10) calls high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes a long-term antidote to Long Island Expressway congestion. But it's more likely the built segments of the lane will ...

  • Parkway Bridge Twin Challenged

    The Council of Woodbridge Township passed a resolution last week condemning the NJ Highway Authority's plan to build a second bridge over the Raritan River along the Garden State Parkway (see MTR #...

  • PA Participation's Catch-22

    A Wednesday Daily News opinion piece by Campaign staffer Bill Yates describes the Port Authority's closed-door decision-making process. Yates' first-hand account detailed the difficulties ci...

  • Long-term Look at the Bronx

    NY State DOT kicked off an extensive public participation process Wednesday night for its "major investment study" of issues relating to the Cross-Bronx and Major Deegan Expressways. The stu...

  • Shrinkage

    Transportation reform advocates say roads and parking lots are fertility drugs for cars. This seems obvious to anyone who looks at our cities and suburbs, and has even been borne out by some academ...