Route
92 Opponents Launch Media Campaign The Tri-State Transportation Campaign and several NJ environmental
groups began broadcasting a television campaign against construction
of Route 92 this week. The highway project is propose...
Release
the Swipe Files The Straphangers Campaign and NYC Transit Riders Council have
written to NYC Transit to urge the agency to deal decisively with problems
many bus and subway riders are having with fare cards.
Bergen
Arches: A Castle in the Sky? As Jersey City writes plans and signs checks to advance the
Bergen Arches highway, citizens are raising questions about the project's
utility and the site's legal status. At a recent meet...
OPTO
Incident A rape on the G subway line in Brooklyn last weekend renewed
concerns over NYC Transit's "one person train operation" (OPTO)
policy for lower volume lines. OPTO began on some s...
City
Transportation Chief Speaks New NYC Transportation Commissioner Wilbur Chapman introduced
himself to the city transportation establishment in a wide ranging speech
at a Thursday Dept. of City Planning lunch forum.
Primary
Colors The following are noteworthy comments from candidates in contested
downstate NY primary elections on transportation policy questions. The
questions were included in a questionnaire issued this summ...
Toronto
Coroner: Give Bikes Preference The Regional Coroner of Toronto has recommended changing Canada's
Highway Traffic Act to give cyclists precedence over drivers. In a report
reviewing 38 Toronto cycling deaths over an 11-...
