| Issue
177 Table of Contents |
June
19, 1998 |
- Route
29 Construction: Not OK
The Trenton Times reported today that the Tri-State Campaign
had eased its opposition to construction of Route 29 along Trenton's
Delaware River waterfront. The report is...
- Use
New Fed Bill for Bike/Ped-Friendly NYC
In the wake of TEA-21's passage in Washington, Transportation
Alternatives has developed a proposal for halving pedestrian and cyclist
fatalities in New York City over the next six years.
- NYS
DOT - Alone - Hails New HOV Lanes
Eight miles of carpool ("HOV") lanes opened today
in each direction on the Long Island Expressway between Route 110 and the
Jericho Turnpike. The lanes extend the segments opened in Suff...
- Owen
Johnson Blocks Life-Saving Traffic Bill
The Padavan / Glick bill which would allow NYC to use traffic
calming to engineer speeds as low as 15 mph on New York City
streets died this week when Senate Transportation Committee ...
- Deconstructing
a Redundant Roadway
The Sheridan Expressway extends from the Bruckner Expressway
to the Cross Bronx Expressway along the Bronx River in the South Bronx.
It runs a distance of only 1.25 miles. Due to its dimin...
- No
Promises for SIE Bus-Only Lane
A $75 million Staten Island Expressway bus-only lane advanced
by the NY State Dept. Transportation will come with no guarantee that
the lane will not eventually be opened up to carpools...
- Tackling
the Tappan Zee Corridor, Post-HOV
Eight months after Governor Pataki called off the Cross-Westchester
Expressway carpool lane project, the State's I-287 Task Force convened
its first meeting earlier this month.
Reports fr...
- Rockland-Westchester
Light Rail ?
Independently, several groups are aggressively investigating
the potential for light rail transit (LRT) in the Rockland-Westchester
corridor.
During the winter and spring, Federated Co...
- Secaucus
Station Spurs Local Parking Battles
In anticipation of increased ridership along NJ Transit's Main/Bergen
and Pascack Valley Lines following the opening of the Secaucus Transfer
(2002), NJ Transit is negotiating with developer...
- Auto
Insurance: True Reform
A creative new idea in transportation - pay-by-the-mile auto
insurance - entered New York's gubernatorial campaign this week as part
of a car insurance package proposed by Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey ...
- Transit
Town Breaks Ground Again
The town of Maplewood, which pioneered the new rage in New Jersey
for local train station shuttle buses, has now introduced the transit
station concierge. A company with links to 50 ...
