• New Jersey Facing Big Opportunity to Boost Transit, Reduce Sprawl
     New Jersey is entering the home stretch regarding its need to reauthorize the state Transportation Trust Fund. The deadline for action to breathe new revenue into the state fund for tran...

  • Highway Construction 2000
     All of the "alternative" scenarios under consideration by NYSDOT's Long Island Transportation Plan 2000 study involve significant highway expansion projects. "Mass transit" options involve "HOV...

  • Albany's Bond Bind
     As it prepares to pass the April 1 state budget deadline, Albany continues to grapple with long-term transportation funding issues. Governor Pataki's opening bid for new 5-year MTA and NY State DOT pr...

  • PA Won't Give Up, Public Won't Give In
     The Port Authority launched another salvo this week in its effort to persuade Staten Island and Union County to accept a Goethals Bridge "twin" along I-278. The Port Authority argued in a Tuesd...

  • NYC Truck Route Revision: Progress?
     NYC DOT Commissioner Wilbur Chapman stated that the city's study of truck routes (officially called the Freight Vehicles Operations Needs Assessment and Design Program) was dead in its original form. ...

  • CT Gas-Tax Under the Knife
     On Tuesday, CT Governor John Rowland urged the state legislature to enact a 7-cent/gallon tax cut by April 1. Connecticut has been hacking at its gas tax for several years - it is becoming an a...

  • Guzzling Gas