• California Sets Clean Bus Trend
    Yesterday the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted unanimously to adopt strict air emissions regulations for the transit buses in the state, a move with likely nation-wide ramifications....

  • Transportation Finance in NY: Mixed Message
    At Governor Pataki's request, the NY State Thruway Authority withdrew its proposal to implement a modest toll increase later this year, and to tie toll rates in the future to the cost of construction ...

  • Local Officials Reject NJDOT, NJ Transit Capital Programs
     At the Feb. 14th meeting of the North Jersey Transportation Authority, local elected officials voted unanimously to reject NJDOT's and NJTransit's proposed 2001 capital program. The meetin...

  • NJ Transit Zeroes Out New Rail Projects Until 2004
     Controversy at the Feb. 14 TPA meeting also surrounded NJ Transit's part of the capital program. Experienced players like former House Transportation Committee chair Robert Roe and local elected offi...

  • Non-Stop Parkway Bill Absent in NJ Senate
     On January 7th, the Parkway Barrier Toll Removal Act (A35) passed the NJ Assembly Transportation Committee with five votes in support, one against, and one abstention. The bill is now with the Assembl...

  • Third Time as Farce - ConnDOT Tries Again for Twice-rejected Road -
    On February 9th, three months after CT Dept. of Transportation submitted yet another proposal to construct a new expressway in the Route 6 corridor east of Hartford (MTR #244), the Army ...

  • Bronx Leaders Turn Out for Safe Streets
     Political enthusiasm for traffic calming in the Bronx is alive and well, but doubt remains about the city's will to see it through. In early February, Assemblyman Peter Rivera agreed to work to earma...