• MTA Set to Unveil $16 Billion Transit Plan

    Next week, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will release its proposal for its next multi-year construction program.

    According to MTA documents, the plan will amount to $17 billio...

  • Thruway Completes Tappan Zee Toll Study

    The NY State Thruway Authority has finished the Tappan Zee Bridge toll policy study it began in 1996 at the request of the Rockland and Westchester County Executives and Governor Pataki. Results sh...

  • Tappan Zee Bridge Future Debated

    Transportation and elected officials, planners and activists gathered for a two-day meeting on Tappan Zee Bridge issues this week in Tarrytown. The meeting, organized by the Federated Conservationi...

  • Worth the Wait ?

    A report released this week by the Surface Transportation Policy Project, "Road Work Ahead: Is Construction Worth the Wait?" finds that motorists can lose more time in road constructio...

  • New York Trash, New Jersey Streets

    The next step in NYC's "interim" garbage disposal plan calls for sending 3,200 to 3,700 tons per day of garbage from Manhattan and Staten Island to incinerators and transfer stations in N...

  • Correction - NJ Rail Freight Needs

    In MTR #237, in an article about transportation capital spending in New Jersey, we reported that the NJ State Rail Plan identifies $22 million in rail freight infrastructure needs. That fig...