Debate on MTA Building Plan in Full Swing At the MTA's board meeting Wednesday, Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields delivered over 17,000 postcards signed by New Yorkers in favor of Second Avenue Subway construction. Fields, State ...
Low-Profile NJ Trust Fund Re-up ? Analysts believe the NJ legislature's transformation of a $250 million state bridge repair bond act into general funding for NJDOT (see last week's edition) - if approved by voters this fall - may ena...
Warsh is NJ Transit Chief In a release today, New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman announced she will recommend Jeffrey A. Warsh to be the next Executive Director of NJ Transit. Warsh, a former state legislator, has long be...
Support for NJ Variable Tolls On Wednesday, central New Jersey's Home News Tribune wrote in support of New Jersey Turnpike Authority director Ed Gross' announcement that the agency would introduce a price break between peak and of...
NY Agencies Prepare Future Progress New York transportation agencies approved Transportation Improvement Programs (TIP) -- federally required capital plan documents -- for New York City and Long Island this week. The Campaign's full co...
Slow Speed Watch This week, the NY State Assembly once again failed to act on legislation to permit NYC to set speed limits below the state minimum limit of 25 miles per hour in conjunction with installation of traffi...
NY Planning Review: Going Through the Motions? In the first week of August, the FHWA and the Federal Transit Administration will begin their 3-year review of the NY Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC), the federally-designated "metropolita...
Manhattan Still Waiting for CNG Buses At last week's hearing on federal funding for MTA capital projects next year, Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, NY State Assembly members Deborah Glick, Pete Grannis and Scott Stringer, ...
Paving Portway Funding for New Jersey's "Portway" project, a proposed 20-mile truck corridor from Port Elizabeth to Little Ferry in Bergen County, with a possible spur to Greenville Yards in Jersey City, was approve...
Mulling Over Miller Highway At a hearing Wednesday, community activists and elected officials voiced their opposition to the proposed relocation of the elevated west side Miller Highway. New York State DOT and the Empire State ...
LIRR Operating Woes Continue According to the Long Island Rail Road's most recent monthly report, the number of late LIRR trains caused by equipment failure jumped 38% from January through May compared to the same period last yea...
