Conrail
Merger Testimony Begins As MTR neared an early press time Wednesday, the Surface
Transportation Board convened the first of two days of testimony on the
proposed purchase of Conrail by southern railroad gian...
The
Alternatives to Route 29 Members of South Trenton Residents Against 29 and the Tri-State
Transportation Campaign released a report Wednesday outlining alternatives
to destruction of Trenton's Delaware River waterfro...
NYC:
Slow is Beautiful On Wednesday, the NYC City Council approved a home rule resolution
in favor of the NY State Legislature's "slow speed" bill,
that will permit NYC to set street speed limits as low as ...
Whitman
Proposal Running out of Gas ? The proposal by NJ Governor Christine Whitman to fund transportation
infrastructure and open space purchase by raising the state gas tax
7 cents came under fire in the last week by legislato...
Will
Cab War Mean Safe Streets ? Of the cab reform provisions passed last week by the NYC Taxi
& Limousine Commission, only one - an increase in fines for
traffic violations - seemed to hold any real promise of reduced ...
Two-year
ISTEA-2 Fight to End Next Week President Clinton is scheduled to sign TEA-21, the "Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century," early next Tuesday (hopefully most
will revert to calling the act ISTEA-2). Analysis of the bill...
Pricing
Percolates In an interview with the Philadelphia Enquirer, NJ transportation
chief John Haley said Governor Whitman's plan to reduce off-peak truck
tolls on the NJ Turnpike is a first step towar...
Around
the Region: Fix is In for 72nd St. Station ? NYC Transit's plan to renovate Manhattan's West 72nd
Street subway station, long a source of straphanger and neighborhood
complaint, would transform part of Broadway into a co...
Around
the Region: NJ Transit Extends Minibus Routes The NJ Transit board has approved 3 years of continued
funding for 17 of its "Wheels" minibus routes, which run between
residential and business sites underserved by traditional transit (see...
Around
the Region: Whitman Chairs Amtrak Reform Panel Governor Whitman has been chosen to head a national panel charged
with finding ways to improve Amtrak service and cut costs. The Governor
was elected chair of the 11-member "Amtrak Reform Co...
Around
the Region: Fight Against LIE Widening Moves East Village of East Hills (Nassau County) Mayor Michael Koblenz
says Governor Pataki's cancellation of HOV lane construction along the
Long Island Expressway in Queens should also ...
Around
the Region: Manhattan Bike Lane Network Grows In May, Manhattan Community Board 3 voted in favor of
NYC DOT plans for a bicycle lane on Second Avenue from 14th to Houston
Streets. Transportation Alternatives members and others attended ...
Trenton's
Anti-HOV Bills Carpool ("HOV") lanes - courtesy primarily of the
lanes on I-287 and I-80 - have become so unpopular in New Jersey that elected
officials are ready to take action. Bills introduced in both h...
Seeking
a Regional Transit Card Transit, planning and environmental groups from New York and
New Jersey wrote to the heads of the MTA, NJ Transit and
the Port Authority this week, urging adoption of a regiona...
Golden
Stalls Car-Free Park Push ? In a May 11 letter to NYC Parks Commissioner Henry Stern, Brooklyn
Borough President Howard Golden urges that car-free time in Prospect Park
be increased. However, in the letter, Golden gives eq...
