No Relief for PA Political Gridlock Despite a meeting by the Port Authority's board of commissioners yesterday, no end is in sight to the battle between Governors Pataki and Whitman over Port Authority structure and finances. Gov. Pata...
From The Route 92 Mailbag - New Jersey Opposes Project 2-1 - A preliminary count of letters received by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the NJ Turnpike Authority's Route 92 highway construction proposal shows a two-to-one ratio of opposition to suppo...
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...
Council Rebukes But Doesn't Reject Air Train A report released Tuesday by the NYC City Council says Port Authority ridership and traffic relief estimates for its proposed "Air Train" to JFK Airport are highly suspect, but concludes that the proj...
Straphangers' Rappaport Transfers Joe Rappaport, coordinator of NYPIRG's Straphangers Campaign for over a decade, is leaving that organization to become director of transit policy for NYC Public Advocate Mark Green. Rappaport, in p...
Mobilizing Would-Be 2nd Ave. Straphangers Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields announced the start of a 2nd Avenue subway postcard campaign this week, amid growing calls by straphangers, politicians, and business leaders to renew wo...
Bronx Presses Alternatives To Highways Bronx residents and policy advocates took NY State DOT to task Tuesday at a hearing on a report describing existing conditions in the Major Deegan and Cross-Bronx Expressway corridors. The report is ...
NJ DOT Slows Whitman Bike/Ped Initiatives A year ago, Governor Whitman announced a "Transportation Vision" that promised to thoroughly rethink New Jersey transportation priorities. One of the most exciting aspects of her announcement was a pl...
New Bicycle & Pedestrian Project Funding Prochure This week, the Tri-State Campaign released a new pamphlet on funding sources for bike- and pedestrian-oriented projects. The 12-page booklet will help local governments, bicycling and pedestrian adv...
Justice For NYC Cyclists ? New York City Council member Andrew Eristoff recently asked NYC Police Commissioner Howard Safir to investigate the April 5 traffic crash that killed a cyclist in Eristoff's Upper East Side district. ...
John Daly, 1929-1999 NY State Transportation Commissioner Joseph Boardman circulated a memo last week informing members of the transportation planning community of the passing in early April of John Daly, Boardman's prede...
