The Straphangers Campaign is urging NY State Legislators to press for these improvements to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 2000-2004 capital program:

1. More subway cars and ...

Starting in January, New York City will offer tax-free transit benefits to its workers. Mayor Giuliani has agreed with the city's largest union, District Council 37 of the American Federatio...

25 days until New Jersey voters will be asked to vote on $250 million worth of transportation bonds for which no projects or spending plan have been publicly released.

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On Wednesday, Governor Pataki's I-287 Task Force, a collection of transportation operating agencies and lower Hudson Valley business and environmental groups, received a presentation on the NY Stat...

Complementing Governor Whitman's recent ban on some large trucks, four New Jersey legislators have introduced legislation during the last two weeks that would add teeth to the state's truck enforce...

Last night the Nassau Hub Citizens Advisory Committee, an independent coalition of Nassau County civic activists and local business groups organized by the Long Island Neighborhood Network, hosted ...

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and NJ's Burlington County are approaching municipalities along the South Jersey light rail line to ensure that local planning and zoning laws will ...

Supporters of the JFK Air-Train - the light rail line that will connect JFK airport terminals to Jamaica Station and NYC subways - breathed a sigh of relief when the Federal Aviation Administration...