• NYC Set to Launch Transport Pricing Study

    The NYC Dept. of City Planning's Transportation Division is beginning an analysis of transportation pricing measures and how best to implement them in New York City. The study will look not only a...

  • PA Posts Traffic Record, But Policy Lags

    Car and truck traffic is crossing the Hudson River and Arthur Kill in record volumes for the third straight year, according to the Port Authority. 108 million cars and 10 million trucks used...

  • Route 92: the Sprawl Superhighway

    The New Jersey Turnpike Authority apparently disagrees with our view (expressed here last week) that construction of Route 92 across southern Middlesex County is an affront to efforts to preserve N...

  • Again, Arena Angst

    In the wake of Yankee Stadium's fallen beam, Newsday editorialized in favor of the Manhattan rail yards site west of Penn Station as the best option for a new city stadium. The paper...

  • NY Budget Transit Scorecard

    The budget the NY Legislature will submit to Governor Pataki contains the following:

    · $130 million in extra Transit Authority operating...

  • Phillip Davis, Patron Saint for End-of-Century Straphangers

    A NY Times obituary last week marked the passing of Phillip Davis, an attorney and long-time Queens resident who twice successfully sued metropolitan area railroads over the principle that <...

  • Express Bus Ridership Leap Heralds Big Subway/Bus Gains to Come ?

    Ridership on Staten Island NYC Transit express buses is up sharply since the March 1 fare cut from $4 to $3. A Transit Authority spokesperson said that TA express bus ridership is up 25% city...

  • Airport Rail: JFK SNAFU, Newark on Track

    Mayor Giuliani stunned the Port Authority's leadership yesterday by responding with strong criticism to news that the PA had awarded a major contract to build the JFK-Jamaica light rail airp...

  • SIRR Rehab Standstill Continues

    NJDOT has offered an additional $2.3 million to partially cover cost overruns encountered by Union County on repair work to the Staten Island Railroad (see MTR #162). When fixed, the line will pro...

  • Smart Transit Emerging

    Albany's Capital District Transportation Authority has set up its first "smart" bus stop. An electronic display advises riders of the next bus scheduled to arrive. The display can...