• NJ DOT Discusses Some Bond Act Projects, Still Nothing in Writing

    With only 18 days to go until election day, the New Jersey Dept. of Transportation has still not released a list of the projects its proposed $500 million transportation bond issue will pay for. ...

  • New Jersey's Blank Bond Act

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

    Ano...

  • Funds for Big NY Rail Projects at Risk, or Just an Albany Pressure Tactic ?

    The NY Observer ran a front-page article this week warning that New York could lose federal funding for both the Second Avenue Subway and the Long Island Railroad link to Grand Central Termi...

  • Renovation Secured by NY Assembly Rescues Brooklyn Subway From Collapse

    Some Brooklyn subway riders will enjoy the fruits of a past NY State Assembly stand on the transit capital program starting Monday. The Franklin Avenue Shuttle, the short subway line that c...

  • Harbor Truck Tunnel Headed South

    The idea of allowing trucks in the proposed cross-Harbor rail freight tunnel suffered another setback yesterday, when it was revealed that such a move would fail to provide even short term conge...

  • East Harlem Spotlights Clean Bus Cause

    About 200 East Harlem residents rallied to oppose the reopening of NYC Transit's E. 100th Street bus depot yesterday. The demonstration was led by NYC City Council member Phillip Reed and State Ass...

  • Gowanus Resolution a Distant Prospect

    At a September meeting of Brooklyn's Community Board 6, a New York City DOT official said plans to replace the elevated Gowanus Expressway with a tunnel were "dead."

    It was un...

  • NJ Ped Safety Demand Outstrips Budget

    At a conference on New Jersey pedestrian issues today, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign's Greg Meyer, laid out the case for additional funding for pedestrian safety and accessibility pr...