Opening
the Shore to More Sprawl Federal agencies are continuing to pretend that nothing is going
on over the lower Raritan River in Middlesex County, despite the progress
of three simultaneous highway bridge expansion projects withi...
Bringing
Transit Future into Focus The story about Regional Plan Association's "Metro East"
take on the Second Avenue subway in MTR #202 prompted a flurry of media
coverage, prompting officials to address transit development issues for...
Bridge
Funding Gains in Trenton The NJ Assembly Transportation Committee approved two transportation
funding bills yesterday. One raises $500 million in general revenue bonds
to repair New Jersey's crumbling bridges. The other raise...
NJ
Moves on Bike Projects Earlier this month, Governor Whitman and the New Jersey Department
of Transportation announced the award of $7.3 million for bicycle projects.
The money came from DOT's local aid program, from funds...
Port
Expansion's Inland Impacts In further presentations of its 40-year vision for the Port
(see MTR #203), the Port Authority this week spotlighted the importance
of a "Port Inland Distribution Network." Chris Ward, PA Chief
of Po...
Still
Waiting for Parkway Demapping Although Staten Island's Richmond Parkway and Willowbrook Parkway
have been on the official city maps for years, the Richmond remains mostly
unbuilt and the Willowbrook was never even started. The unb...
Transforming
TEA-21 US DOT Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs Jack Basso
told the National Conference of State Legislatures in December that the
Administration is considering a follow-up bill to TEA-21 that woul...
Bergen
Arches Public Comment Period Begins Last week the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
(NJ TPA) commenced its 1-month public comment period for all amendments
to the FY99 "Transportation Improvement Program," including an
amen...
Around
the Nation Last fall, Boston transportation activists rallied at a Roxbury
bus depot to call for cleaner buses as transit workers turned off diesel
engines for a "Breathe Out." The event was organized to celebra...
Around
the Nation Plans for a high-speed train to link Florida's three major metropolitan
areas died last month after Governor Jeb Bush yanked state financing. The
Clinton Administration has called high-speed rail the ...
Around
the Nation The Houston-Galveston Area Council has tapped Klotz Associates,
a civil engineering firm, to assess how bikeways affect travel patterns.
The plan, using $31 million of federal funds, is to construct o...
Around
the Nation The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is
trying to help real estate developers change their sprawling ways. Taking
advantage of a federal policy shift that encourages transit agenci...
