Regional Politics Hiding Real Port Issues The fight between Governors Whitman and Pataki over Port Authority money, which came to a head in recent weeks over Governor Pataki's refusal to sign off on an incentive package the Port Authority wan...
Fare Parity ? How About Those $4 Tolls ? The fanning of Port Authority border war flames by Mayor Giuliani and now Governor Pataki has had a significant impact on other public discourse regarding the Port Authority. Most public statements a...
Two Ways To LaGuardia The MTA released a "Scoping Memorandum" on its LaGuardia Airport Subway Access Study last week. In the document, planners eliminated two of four originally proposed options. Remaining alternatives ar...
Pavement Purgatory Showing Cracks Modest measures to roll back asphalt in our over-paved region: * In the Bronx' Hunts Point neighborhood, the Point Community Development Corporation has succeeded in winning approval for turning the ...
No Fun A Straphangers Campaign survey released this week found the $4 one-day unlimited ride MetroCard "fun pass" was not for sale at 55% of 111 randomly chosen Manhattan merchants listed by the MTA as fun p...
More Convenient MetroCards The MTA said this week it would eliminate the monthly and weekly MetroCard's worst feature - the 18-minute subway "lock-out" that presently follows the card's use. The lock-out is designed to prevent...
S.I. Debates South Shore Bus Increase Staten Island Borough President Guy Molinari wants private bus companies to serve four new routes from Staten Island's South Shore to Manhattan, via the Goethals Bridge, NJ Turnpike and Hudson tunnels...
NJ Wants Development At Train Stations In an attempt to bring back the days when train stations were economic and residential hubs, New Jersey's Transit Village program, introduced last month, is helping five NJ towns rebuild the land arou...
Traffic Calming Comes To Somerset County In response to a growing number of complaints from pedestrians and bicyclists about auto traffic problems in Somerset County, NJ, county officials want to tip the scales back a few notches in favor of...
Trash On The Trains Rockland County is considering a switch to freight railroads for its out-of-county garbage shipments. Most trash hauling from Rockland now goes to Pennsylvania by truck. County officials say they co...
Around the Region NJ Transit's long-delayed Montclair Connection took a giant step last week when NJ Transit awarded the project's first construction contract. The connection, expected to serve 5,000 riders daily, will...
Around the Region Following Metro-North Railroad's discussion of concentrating cell phone talkers on one train car only, the LIRR Commuter Council told Newsday that cell phone yakkers came in third, after litter and (n...
Around the Region NYC City Council Member Michael Abel (Queens) has called for a hearing on subway platform safety. He says that with steady ridership growth, NYC Transit must attend to platform crowding issues....
Around the Region NJ will not ban a probable cancer-causing ingredient in gasoline, MBTE, even though the substance has been found in dangerous levels in wells throughout the state. The NJ Dept. of Environmental Protec...
Notice Of Deadline Extension The deadline for project proposal submittals to the NY State DOT for the Transportation Enhancements Program has been extended to July 1st. For information contact the NY Metropolitan Transportation C...
Regional Plan Association's Annual Regional Assembly Bringing Smart Growth to the Tri-State Region Workshops: "Strengthening NJ's State Plan," "Costs of Sprawl," "MTA Capital Plan," "Creating Parks & Public Spaces," and more. Thursday, April 29, 7:30am...
