LIE
Widening Advances New York State DOT released the detailed plans for the Long
Island Expressway and Cross Island Parkway Interchange upgrade to City
DOT this week. Although technically a separate project from the LI...
Rowland
Backs Plan to Decongest Connecticut On Monday, Governor Rowland of Connecticut embraced a congestion
mitigation plan developed by the Coastal Corridor Coalition, of which
the Campaign is a member, over Conn DOT's proposal. The...
NY
Assembly Transit Budget High but Vague On March 18, the Assembly announced its budget proposal. The
Assembly's budget allocated $103.3 million more to the MTA than the
Governor's budget. Of this, $83.3 million was set aside for s...
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Traffic a Good Thing for the PA? Traffic at the Port Authority's bridge and tunnel crossings
climbed 4 percent last year, bumping up toll revenue to $515 million and
helping the agency post a record $161 million in net income. PA ...
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Riders, Not Enough Service New York City's subways and buses carried 12 million more people
this January than last January reported the New York Times. Most
of the new trips took place on weekends when bus use increas...
Sidewalk
Standards Upheld The New Jersey Appeals Court upheld a statewide regulation
that mandates that sidewalks be provided in new residential developments
if within a half mile radius from school bus routes, train...
News
Flash -- Cars Speed On March 18, 1998 the Daily News proved what everyone
in New York City already knew - most drivers speed. The news zapped 350
cars and found that "84% exceeded the speed limit." Cars on resi...
Judge
Reserves Decision on Rt. 29 Federal judge Mary Cooper reserved decision on a request by
Trenton citizens, Tri-State, and major environmental groups in New Jersey,
New York and Pennsylvania, to enjoin NJDOT's construction of t...
Around
the Region: Community-friendly Concourse Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer called two weeks
ago for a major overhaul of the Grand Concourse, which runs from the South
Bronx to Mosholu Parkway near Van Cortland Park. He allocated...
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the Region: Passaic County's New Leaf Passaic County Freeholders pledged last week to explore
broad-based approaches to traffic problems. Over the past few years, County
planners had sought to double traffic capacity on County Rout...
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the Region: E-Z Payments Newcourt Credit Group Inc. is paying to install E-ZPass on 400
miles on the New Jersey Turnpike, the Garden State Parkway and the
Atlantic City Expressway. In lieu of payment, the group will...
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the Region: a Twist in Airport Rail Saga On March 9, the PA's Deputy Project Manager, Paul Bakus, supported
the linkage of the JFK Airport light rail system to the defunct
Rockaway Branch of Long Island Rail Road. The present desig...
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the Region: Baseball Boat A new ferry service from Manhattan to the Mets' Shea Stadium
in Queens received the Mayor's blessing this week. Scheduled to start
March 31, NY Waterway's "Mets Express" will carry baseball ...
Depot
for Sale The MTA is moving to speed up closure of a South Bronx bus depot
in order to make the property available to The New York Post, which
wants the land for construction of a new color printing p...
