Signaling a truce on the issue of diesel bus purchases in the new MTA
5-year capital program, Governor Pataki announced Wednesday the MTA would
step up its purchase of cleaner buses and accelerate con...
Last week, nine state-wide and regional environmental organizations
wrote to Governor Pataki, NY Assembly Speaker Silver and State Senate Majority
Leader Joseph Bruno, stating that they would not s...
This week's MTA clean bus deal notwithstanding (see story at left),
Albany leaders continue to work on details of the 5-year transit and highway
capital programs, which they say will provide $17.1 bil..
On Wednesday, Assemblyman Sam Hoyt (D-Buffalo), co-chair of Assembly Task Force on High Speed Rail,
and Senator George Maziarz (R-Buffalo) joined forces with the Empire State Passengers Association (ESPA)
At a meeting of the Assembly budget committee last week, NJ Transit
director Jeff Warsh was grilled on his agency's recent decision to purchase
1,400
new diesel buses. His response, that compre...
An MTA spokesperson told the S.I. Advance this week that the
agency is considering new bus service across the Bayonne Bridge to
connect to NJ Transit's new Hudson-Bergen light rail li...
NY State Senator Dean Skelos and State Assembly Member Thomas DiNapoli
announced Wednesday that they had secured $8 million in state budget
negotiations to prevent Long Island Bus service cuts....
Middlesex County citizens and officials are up in arms over a proposal
by Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) to ship NYC trash south or west on
freight trains. The issue highlights tensions that need to...
