• Governors' Budgets Look to Maintenance, Spotlight Innovative Programs
     The Governors of New York and New Jersey released executive budgets this week that devote new money to bridge maintenance and, to varying degrees, emphasized funding for non-highway program areas. ...

  • NYC Transit Expansion Has Momentum
    Since news of Regional Plan Association's "MetroLink" plan for new East Side, Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn subway services began circulating a few weeks ago, public and official support has been strong....

  • ConnDOT and Bikes: Structural Deficit
     After studying how federal transportation funding has been used throughout the state, the Connecticut Bicycle Coalition (CBC) has taken first steps in what may lead to a lawsuit against ConnDOT over i...

  • Mayor Outlines LaGuardia Rail Finance Plan
     In the New York City fiscal year 2000 executive budget released Thursday, Mayor Giuliani outlined a $1.2 billion budget for linking LaGuardia Airport to the city subway system. The Mayor proposed th...

  • Right of Way
     On Wednesday, pro-pedestrian activists with the newly-created NYC organization Right of Way protested Queens District Attorney Richard Brown's inaction regarding pedestrian fatalities. The group deman...

  • ConnDOT Junks Input, Readies Massive New Haven Highway Bridge
    The Connecticut Department of Transportation is planning to widen New Haven's "Q" Bridge, where I-95 crosses the Quinnipiac River, to 10 lanes - more than twice its current size. In doing so, ConnDOT...

  • Why "Fix" Unbroken Process ?
     The New York State DOT is in the process of revising its project selection procedure for the federal "Transportation Enhancements" funding category. Downstate NY transportation reform advocates are c...

  • Swelling Support for Sheridan Park Concept
    In 1989, when an earthquake brought down parts of the Embarcadero Freeway in San Francisco, the city decided not to rebuild it. Instead, it built a waterfront promenade that has been credited with rev...

  • Turnpike Adds Truck Bait
     Sweetening the pot in its effort to lure truckers off of local roads and onto the NJ Turnpike, the Turnpike Authority announced last week it would reduce diesel fuel prices at the Turnpike's 12 servic...

  • Guarding the Guards
     According to a report released last week by the US Transportation Department's inspector general, top officials in the Federal Highway Administration office that regulates trucking broke rules last ye...