LIE HOV Lanes Roll - Will Carpools ?
The NY State Department of Transportation began bridge work along the Long Island Expressway in Nassau County last week in anticipation of widening the highway for 8 miles between the Queens border an...

NJ Bond Act: What's the Deal ? - DOT Should Make Priorities Clear to Taxpayers -
In a letter sent last week, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign requested that Governor Whitman ask the NJ Department of Transportation to enter into a "memorandum of understanding" (MOU) binding re...

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...

Central NJ Pushes Resolution to Truck Crisis
New Jersey transportation officials say they are getting mixed messages from Washington over whether they can restrict truck traffic on Route 31, a country road through Mercer and Hunterdon counties. ...

Bills Intro'd for Non-Stop Parkway Tolls
On the heels of their recent announcement of support for electronic non-stop tolling on the Garden State Parkway (see MTR #226), New Jersey State Senator Robert Martin and State Assembly Transportatio...

State of the Subways
Yesterday, the Straphangers Campaign released its annual State of the Subways report card, rating the 7 the best line and the A, B, and M lines worst. Nine lines received lower ratings than in last ye...

East Enders Reconsider Roads
New York State DOT proposals for bypasses, a Sunrise Highway extension, and road widening projects may be revisiting Long Island's east end, despite repeated rejections of the projects during the past...

Around the Region
The Trailer Bridge barge company recently added an "Atlantic Highway" route directly connecting the ports of New York and Jacksonville over the Atlantic Ocean, bypassing congested interstates. Accordi...

Around the Region
Somerset County, NJ lobbied for and won the money to keep its popular Davidson Ave. Shuttle bus on the road. County Freeholder Denise Coyle lobbied the State Legislature for $140,000 after NJ Transit ...

Around the Region
The Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA says Metro-North RR still operates some diesel trains in Grand Central Terminal. Soot from the diesels potentially jeopardizes the recent renewal o...