New Jersey DOT Road Expansion Pollutes the Delaware
All was not quiet on Trenton's Delaware River waterfront this week as the Army Corps of Engineers (Phila. District) halted the NJ Dept. of Transportation Route 29 construction project because DOT viol...

NY Legislature Proposes $17.1 billion Highway Plan, Mountain of MTA Debt - Program Details, Budget Math Cloudy - 
In announcing a state budget agreement "framework" on Wednesday, NY legislative leaders and Governor Pataki said they would deal with the demands of financing 5-year transit and road program...

Reports Map Highway Industry Goals
Reports released last month by New York and New Jersey highway industry groups provide a sense of the priorities of this powerful constituency for expanded state DOT spending. Their message is ...

NJ Transit: Bus World's Biggest Mistake
On Wednesday, NJ Transit's Board of Directors approved purchase of 1,400 new diesel-powered cruiser buses, thought likely to be the world's largest single bus order. The first of a number of staggere...

Nassau County's Transit Lobby
Last Tuesday's public hearing at the Nassau County Medical Center on the proposed cuts in Long Island Bus service was a strong lesson in the blurred lines of accountability that frequently characteriz...

Citizens Circle Wagons Against Millstone Bypass
Citizens, historic preservationists and environmental groups are stepping up their campaign to stop the Millstone Bypass, a new $50 million highway that will cut across West Windsor near the Princeton...

In the Works: More Ferries, Better Access
Since the return of a private ferry system to New York Harbor in 1986, terminal access has been a constant problem for what could be low-cost means of reducing road congestion. Currently, NY W...