• National Greens: Route 92 a Key Test of Whitman anti-Sprawl Commitment

    National environmental leaders called on NJ Governor Whitman and NJ-DEP to heed the U.S. EPA's advice and stop plans to build Route 92, a new highway through Middlesex Count...

  • Cash-out in the News, But Not on the Ground

    IBM has rejected a proposed parking cash-out program for its Somers office complex, ignoring demands by town planning board members to consider financial incentives to re...

  • Government by Tabloid - Whitman Axes I-287, I-80 HOV Lanes

    Yesterday, NJ Governor Christine Whitman wrote to U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, informing him that as of Monday, November 30, the carpool lanes on I-287 and I...

  • Next Step for L.I. Dump-HOV Movement

    Suffolk County Legislator Steve Levy and Nassau County Legislator Lisanne Altmann renewed their criticism of the HOV lanes on the Long Island Expressway (LIE), calling them ...

  • Around the Region: NYC

    NYC Transit has had another significant success with an incentive-laden repair contract. Last week, the agency re-opened the partially closed sections of the No. 2 and 3...

  • Show Us the Money

    NJDOT recently circulated the second issue of a new two-page publication Clearing the Air, which promotes the Dept.'s work on environment-friendly initi...

  • Re: New Federal Programs

    Last week in a story about the Bronx' Melrose Station, we wrote that the MTA had not answered two queries from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign about its intentions reg...

  • Gov'ts to Credit Transit Riders

    The NYC City Council has drafted a bill to require NYC to offer TransitChek to city workers. A hearing on the bill is scheduled for Monday (Oct. 26) at 10 a.m. The ...