Route
92 Would Put Turnpike in the Red At two press conferences earlier this week, before EPA's announcement,
the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, NJPIRG Citizen Lobby and taxpayer
groups challenged the NJ Turnpike Authority's financi...
New
Resources for Region? News reports say the Port Authority's intention to lease
the World Trade Center to a private operator could bring the bi-state
agency an extra $200 million a year. Honing the PA's mission t...
Financial,
Political Stars Align for More Service NYC Transit's budget surplus stood at $61.8 million at the end
of July, slightly above last year's in-the-black mark at the same time.
Transit finished 1997 with revenues $188 million over expectat...
Bronx:
Highway Relief Wanted This week, staff members for NY Assembly Members Rubin Diaz
and Carmen Arroyo and City Council Member Pedro Espada said the NY State
DOT should seriously consider the proposal by Bronx group...
Boosting
Big Apple's Transportation I.Q. ? On Wednesday, NYC DOT convened a gathering for vendors of "intelligent
transportation system" (ITS) equipment at the Museum of Natural History.
The meeting seemed an odd combination of ...
The
Region and Rail Freight: Can't Do Last Friday, a "double-stacked" freight train that
had been switched onto the wrong side of the Hudson slammed into the 153rd
Street bridge over the Hudson line in the Bronx. ...
Rail
Key to Port's Future At a New Jersey port development strategy meeting hosted by
the Tri-State Campaign this morning, representatives of the region's freight
railroads stressed that adding rail capacity is criti...
Queens
Also Seeks Highway Relief At a hearing last week on reconstruction of the Brooklyn-Queens
Expressway, community groups in Jackson Heights, Queens demanded assurances
that the NY State DOT will reduce the highway's im...
Public
Backs California Road Pricing The California DOT released its final report this week evaluating
the impact of the Orange County SR-91's high occupancy/toll lanes.
On the highway, solo drivers who pay can share two set-as...
