/19980814/mtr18501.htm New Jerseyans Say Fix It First, Add Transit August 14, 1998

In a Quinnipiac College poll released this week, registered NJ voters aired their views on state transportation priorities. A big majority came out in favor of public transit and m... 185 /19980814/mtr18502.htm MTA Finance Bomb Ticking LIRR's Summer of Woe Spotlights Transit's Straits August 14, 1998

The need for a new source of revenue to continue reconstruction of the downstate NY transit system will pose hard questions for state leaders when the MTA's current capital program expires at th... 185 /19980814/mtr18503.htm Recovering the Costs of Gridlock August 14, 1998

In MTR #183 , we discussed East River bridge tolls at some length. Below we present estimates of net revenues for a variety of toll scenarios for New York City's free bridges to Manhattan. ... 185 /19980814/mtr18504.htm The Drive-only Railroad August 14, 1998

"Mystic Pointe," a condo development in Ossining, advertises itself as "the easy commute" because it operates its own shuttle service to the nearby Croton-Harmon Metro-North Rai... 185 /19980814/mtr18505.htm What to do with the Highway to Nowhere? Two Views August 14, 1998

In a meeting and Sheridan Expressway site visit organized this week by the NY Metropolitan Transportation Council, State transportation planners, community and elected leaders and transporta... 185 /19980814/mtr18506.htm Carpool Group in the Works for Staten Island August 14, 1998

Last week a group of stakeholders, coordinated by the NY Metropolitan Transportation Council, convened to develop a plan for forming a "transportation management association," or rideshar... 185 /19980814/mtr18507.htm City Routes, City Rights August 14, 1998

In June, New England's Conservation Law Foundation released City Routes, City Rights: Building Livable Neighborhoods and Environmental Justice by Fixing Transportation. The 80-page book is ... 185 /19980814/mtr18508.htm Around the Region: Car-Free Park ? August 14, 1998

Ü Brooklyn Community Board Six says it supports closing Prospect Park to traffic for a two month test period next spring. In Jul... 185 /19980814/mtr18509.htm Around the Region: Raritan Valley Line Improvements August 14, 1998

Ü Work is taking place at almost all NJ Transit Raritan Valley line stations, including Newark Penn Station, where pedestrian circulatio... 185 /19980814/mtr18510.htm Around the Region: Rail Service Impacts August 14, 1998

Ü Though there has been much talk about NJ Transit's Midtown Direct Morris & Essex line boosting property values along the line, the... 185