• Citizens Sour on NJ State Plan - Doesn't Check the Speed of Sprawl -
     In results released by the Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers Poll last month, New Jerseyans expressed deep disappointment over the the State Development and Redevelopment Plan. Over 39 percent of responden...

  • Tappan Zee II ? Not So Fast
     The Tri-State Transportation Campaign has learned that Governor Pataki's I-287 Task Force intends to conclude its work next week, with a recommendation from its state representatives that t...

  • New Bridge Roughed Up in Rockland
     A forum organized by the Tappan Zee Preservation Coalition in Nyack Wednesday night indicated that a new bridge in the Tappan Zee corridor could face a big fight from Rockland County citizens and offi...

  • MTA Stalls W. Shore Line: Rockland Rebels
    Last month, Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef repeated 1997 and 1998 requests that Rockland's state legislators introduce a bill to allow the county to disassociate itself from the Metr...

  • NY Assembly Vetoes MTA Capital Plan
     On Dec. 30, the NY Assembly rejected the MTA's proposed 2000-2004 construction program, following State Senate action the previous week.

    But where the Senate's veto emphasi...

  • 1999's High Pedestrian and Bicyclist Death Toll

    - Nero in NYC: Officials Fiddle While Cyclists Die -

    Bicyclist advocates reacted with incredulity and outrage to this week's news that 35 cyclists were killed in New York City traffic ...

  • Groups Urge Fight Against Extra Staten Island Car, Truck Lanes
    In December, a coalition of fifteen Staten Island civic, labor, and environmental groups asked all Staten Island elected officials to stand up against NYS Department of Transportation plans to build n...