In a letter to the NY Post this week, the Automobile Club of New York reiterates its long-standing claim that those who drive to work in New York do it because they have to, not becau... 181 /19980717/mtr18102.htm Whitman Administration Muzzles Rte 29 Foe July 17, 1998
NJDOT and the NJ Tidelands Resource Council have scheduled a re-hearing for a permit for DOT's Route 29 construction project, which will pave over the last accessible part of Trenton's waterfron... 181 /19980717/mtr18103.htm
NJDOT Can't Use $12.6 Million
-- Seeks Gas Tax Hike, but Hands Dough to Toll Road -
July 17, 1998In response to NJDOT's assertion that no repair projects on roads under state or local jurisdiction are ready to move forward other than those already fully funded, the Board of the N... 181 /19980717/mtr18104.htm Whitman Woos Democrats In Fight for Gas Tax July 17, 1998
The Black Ministers Council of NJ endorsed Governor Whitman's call for a gas tax hike, accepting the Governor's arguments that the increase would mean projects and better transportation f... 181 /19980717/mtr18105.htm New York May Boost Sheridan, Bronx Highway Traffic With New Link July 17, 1998
The New York State DOT's response to the proposal by Bronx groups, the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance and the Tri-State Campaign to decommission the Sheridan Expressway and turn it into ... 181 /19980717/mtr18106.htm Harbor Railroad Network to Get New Links July 17, 1998
The Port Authority is developing plans to provide a rail link between Staten Island's Howland Hook Marine Terminal and Ports Newark and Elizabeth. The link would be established by bu... 181 /19980717/mtr18107.htm Policing NYC's Bus Lanes July 17, 1998
NYPD brass say they'll stop police officers from parking personal vehicles in the Second Avenue bus lane on Manhattan's East Side. Responding to a letter from the Straphangers Campai... 181 /19980717/mtr18108.htm Won't Stem the Tide July 17, 1998
NYC Transit was set to announce Monday it would add some subway and bus service in response to growing NYC transit ridership. Transit will add 10 train trips to weekday service, on the A, N... 181 /19980717/mtr18109.htm NJ Reps Hear HOV Perspectives July 17, 1998
Congressmen Bob Franks and Rodney Frelinghuysen convened a hearing Monday to discuss the future of HOV lanes in New Jersey. A Star Ledger campaign has whipped up a movement to open the ... 181 /19980717/mtr18110.htm Bayonne Port Development Looking Up July 17, 1998
The election of a new mayor in Bayonne may bode well for establishment of a container port with direct rail freight links at the soon-to-be-closed Military Ocean Terminal (MOTBY) peninsula.... 181