• NJ Approves Variable Turnpike Tolls

    On Wednesday, Turnpike Authority commissioners unanimously approved a toll increase that will bring time-variable toll rates to New Jersey within the year. G...

  • Paper Roughs Up S.I. Highway Widening

    The Staten Island Sunday Advance hit the streets Jan. 16 with the front-page headline: "Xway Study Looks Like a Big Waste." The story detail...

  • Thruway Postpones Action on Tappan Zee II

    In contrast to reports at the January 11th meeting of the I-287 Task Force, the NY State Thruway Authority's board of commissioners meeting yesterday did not...

  • Gilman Says Gov. Pataki "Aware" of Rockland T-Z II Concerns

    At a citizens meeting called by Concerned Citizens for Riverfront Development in Nyack on Wednesday evening, a representative for Congressman Ben Gilman said...

  • Hillary Talks Transit

    At a Monday campaign stop near White Plains, all-but-declared candidate for NY's open U.S. Senate seat Hillary Clinton said the suburbs needed more transit, ...

  • Pataki Budget Proposal Hits Smaller Transit

    Governor Pataki's proposed budget for 2000-2001 would give Westchester's Bee Line and Nassau County's Long Island Bus about $2 million less in state operatin...

  • Trash Trucking, Costs on the Rise

    On January 20th, the New York City Council agreed to increase the budget of the city Dept. of Sanitation by $28 million to cover the cost of trucking Manhatt...

  • Subway Schmutz III - "G" for Grime -

    In its third annual survey of NYC subway cleanliness, the Straphanger's Campaign reported that an average of two out of every three subway cars still do not ...

  • Groups: Get NYC Buses Moving

    The Straphanger's Campaign, Transportation Alternatives, and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign sent a letter to Mayor Giuliani last week urging him to ta...

  • More Buses? More Bus Parking

    Staten Island constituencies are weighing in on the problem of NYC Transit bus parking. An MTA proposal to acquire an outdoor lot on the Island's north shor...

  • Diversify Station Access Strategies

    Data on metropolitan commuter rail station access and rider proximity to stations, together with analyses of station access improvements in other cities, sug...