Can
NYC Transit Keep Up ? This spring, NYC Transit will restore service to rush hour trains
on its "7" and "6" subway lines, and on 30 city bus
routes. The train and bus runs had been cut in 1995....
Few
Friends for LES Light Rail The Lower East Side light rail component of the Transit Authority's
emerging Manhattan East Side transit proposal is already coming under fire.
NY State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to...
Senate
Bill Preserves Environmental Review The National Coalition to Defend NEPA, a 42-state, 13l-group
grassroots coalition, won a major victory this week when the U.S. Senate
changed language in its ISTEA reauthorization bill that ...
ISTEA-2
Legislation Shapes Up in Senate In addition to the resolution of "environmental streamlining"
issues (article, p. 1) there were major developments this week in the Senate's
effort to reauthorize the nation's primary transportatio...
Strong
Response to NJ Rail Shuttle Program Eleven municipalities along NJ Transit's booming Morris and
Essex Line met the Feb. 27 deadline to submit proposals for NJ Transit's
"Community Rail Shuttle Challenge grant." The program was create...
Queens
Menu Includes Highway Widening In February (#161), we reported a debate in Queens over whether
the NY State DOT's pending "Long Island Expressway Development Study,"
which will look at the highway between Nassau County and the E...
Mayor
and Senators Launch Rail Tunnel Look Senators Patrick Moynihan and Alfonse D'Amato joined Mayor Giuliani
at a press conference this week to add their support for the proposed cross-harbor
rail freight tunnel. The move demonstrated str...
Raging
On The NYC City Council will hold a hearing Monday, March 23 at
10:00am to discuss a Council resolution on Governor Pataki's Road Rage
bill and on Council Transportation Chair Noach Dear's proposal to re...
Ill
Winds Buffet Nyack Ferry With a NY Thruway Authority environmental impact report due
out in the spring, the fight in Nyack over proposals to develop ferry
service between Rockland County and Manhattan is heating up....
Around
the Region: A.C. Casino Tunnel Clears Legal Hurdle In February a U.S. district judge dismissed a lawsuit by Atlantic
City residents unlucky enough to live in the path of the casino tunnel
being constructed by gambling mogul Steve Wynn and the Whitm...
Around
the Region: OPTO on Brooklyn-Queens Line Greenpoint, Brooklyn leaders are in an uproar over Transit Authority
plans to introduce weekend one-person train operation (OPTO) on the G subway
line. OPTO removes the subway conductor, giving doo...
Around
the Region: Seeking PA Toll Legislation NY State Senator John Marchi, of Staten Island, introduced legislation
last week to require Port Authority economic impact studies before the
agency hikes bridge tolls. Robert Straniere is sponsor ...
Around
the Region: Suffolk Sprawl Debate Suffolk County Executive Robert Gaffney pledged this
week to increase preservation of farmland and open space on Long Island's
east end, in response to sustained criticism of his admi...
Smart
Streets Brooklyn-based planner and consultant Carolyn Konheim told a
panel on "Intelligent Transportation Systems" (ITS) at the Transportation
Research Board meeting in January that new technology holds pr...
Crosswalk
Conflict No Jihad A reader has pointed out that our use of the word "jihad"
in reference to Mayor Giuliani's jaywalking crackdown in MTR #161
distorted the word's meaning and reinforced stereotypes against Mu...
