New Jersey Looks To Multi-Rate Road Tolls
At a day-long seminar on roadway pricing policies convened by federal highway officials today in Manhattan, New Jersey Turnpike director Edward Gross said his agency would be the first in the metropol...

Perspectives On Pricing - MTA A Conference, Real World No-Show -
The FHWA's seminar today on "value pricing" policies provided detailed insight on a variety of successful variable-price and electronic non-stop highway toll systems in operation around North America....

NJDOT Guts Bridge Bond Act
At a Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting Monday, NJDOT lobbyists requested and won a last minute change to the "Bridge Rehabilitation and Improvement Bond Act" that was sailing through ...

Slow Speed Bill In Albany Limbo
The New York State Assembly did not vote this week on a bill that would allow New York City to set speed limits below the state minimum limit of 25 miles per hour. The legislation has passed in the St...

Long Island Traffic Calming Fund
Last week, we reported that NY State Transportation Commissioner Joe Boardman had announced the creation of a new traffic calming program that would fund local pedestrian safety projects on Long Islan...

Legislators Back Non-Stop Parkway Tolls
At a press conference Tuesday, New Jersey State Senator Robert Martin and State Assembly Transportation Committee Chair Alex DeCroce abandoned earlier proposals to raze Garden State Parkway toll plaza...

4-Point Plan For Smart Tolls In New Jersey
With talk of a NJ Turnpike toll increase and legislative plans to reduce toll plaza delays on the Garden State Parkway, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign last week issued the following calls for a...

Trump Tunnel Lives?
New York State agencies will conduct a public hearing Wednesday, June 30 (see calendar) on the long-discussed proposal to tear down Manhattan's west side Miller Highway and put it in a tunnel beneath ...

Metro-North Hudson Extension: Dutchess Boon Or Sprawl-Rail ?
Metro North is proposing to extend its Hudson Line north from its terminus at Poughkeepsie into northern Dutchess County. Stations in Hyde Park, Staatsburg, Rhinecliff, and Tivoli are under considerat...

Privatization Possibilities
The Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee (PCAC) to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority released a report in March analyzing a range of MTA privatization issues. It found that while wholesale pr...