Transit
Plan in Silver's Court - MTA unveils, approves $17.5B plan in same day - Following the MTA Board's vote to approve its hot-off-the-presses
5-year capital program proposal on Wednesday, debate over...
Papers
Shun Highway Expansion Editorials this week in the Staten Island Advance and
the Hudson Valley Journal News argued that adding lanes in congested
highway corridors would likely increase the scale of grid...
Rail
Freight: Tunnel at the End of the Study? The NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) appears likely
to finish its major investment study of cross-harbor rail freight improvement
options in Spring, 2000. Thereafter, work could begin on...
Governor
Pataki Signs Slow Speed Legislation On Wednesday, New York Governor Pataki signed legislation permitting
New York City to set local speed limits as low as 15 miles per hour
in conjunction with installation of traffic calming s...
Groups
Rebuff Bronx Elevated Road Plan This week, the New York State Department of Transportation held
its second hearing on a project to connect the Bronx River Parkway to
the Sheridan Expressway via a new elevated highway ramp....
Rockland
Seeks Priority for West Shore Rail The NY Metropolitan Transportation Council meeting last week
featured an unusual event - action whose outcome was not pre-determined.
Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef offered an amendm...
