In the midst of the on-going debate in Albany over transit and highway
capital programs, the NY Senate and Assembly majorities announced and
then passed 2000-2001 state bu...
This week the NY State Assembly and Senate passed versions of their
2000-2001 budget containing respective provisions to suspend or to eliminate
the 4% state sales tax on gasoline. The Assembly...
An analysis of the MTA's proposed 2000-2004 capital program by the
Regional Plan Association shows that spending for suburban projects is
concentrated in the earlier years of the plan, while city t...
In July 1997, with strong backing from the business and environmental
community, Governor Rowland signed into law an ambitious bill that pressed
for a solution to the growing traffic grid-lock...
Today the MTA notified the U.S. District Court and Straphanger's Campaign
and RPA officials that it would end its objections to one of two
ads urging investment in NYC transit. Scheduled to run...
This week the Straphanger's Campaign released Standing Still,
its third annual report on the state of MTA bus service. The report reviews
a range of performance measures collected by the agency...
Last Friday, a Delaware Valley bicycling advocate sighted a NJ Transit
metrobus fitted with a front-mounted bicycle rack on NJ Route 70 between
Philadelphia and Marlton. Currently, riders across the s...
The Port of New York and New Jersey shipped a record amount of cargo
last year. The number of containers handled at the port increased 7.9%
to 2 million and the amount of general cargo increased 7.3% ...
This week, Governor Pataki treated the prospect of a new bridge as
a political hot potato conceived of by an unrelated entity when he responded
to an "Ask the Governor" WCBS radio query by saying, "In...
