EPA Won't Budge on Route 92
This week, EPA Regional Administrator Jeanne Fox sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reaffirming EPA's opposition to construction of Route 92. The letter again pressed the Corps ...

NJ: Show Us The Money, Part II
Statewide and regional environmental groups agreed last week to endorse a proposal to amend New Jersey's Transportation Trust Fund statute to tie spending by NJDOT to specific investment targets...

New Jersey Ped, Cyclist Funding Still Low
Last week, NJ DOT released this year's list of local pedestrian and bicycling projects that will receive NJ DOT local aid funding. As in other recent award cycles, municipal demand far ...

Though late with E-ZPass, NJ Leads in Developing its Potential
The NJ Turnpike will mark a milestone this summer when it opens the region's first high-speed electronic toll collection facility. The Turnpike has relocated its Interchange 6, which connects to the P...

Bypass No Remedy to Windsor Traffic Woes
A January Trenton Times article reported that north-south traffic and truck traffic from all directions remain heavy on Route 33 in East Windsor Township, despite the touted November opening of...

Thruway Toll Hike: Minor Political Football, Sensible Policy
The NY State Thruway Authority's quiet plan to index tolls to construction labor and material costs and raise them in a series of minor increases over the next few years (see MTR #254) f...

LIRR East Side Access: Notes from Underground
Documents summarizing recent discussions of the MTA's Technical Advisory Committee to the LIRR East Side Access project shed light on the soon-to-be unveiled draft EIS for the LIRR-Grand Central link....

Financing NY's Suburban & Upstate Transit
>"Transit 2000," a legislative proposal by the NY Public Transit Association (NYPTA), calls for 5-year capital funding for non-MTA public transportation systems in New York of $170 mi...

Acela's Piecemeal Debut
After months of being inveighed to "depart from inhibitions" by a cryptic and usually incomprehensible ad campaign for Amtrak's promised high-speed "Acela" service, travelers in th...