Postcards from LITP 2000
The NY Times ran letters to the editor complaining forcefully about NY State DOT's Long Island Transportation Plan 2000 in its July 9 Long Island section. The letters followed a lengthy Tim...

Whitman Signs Trust Fund Bill
In remarks upon signing the Transportation Trust Fund bill last Thursday, Gov. Whitman called the legislation bill the most progressive state transportation spending measure in the country, reciting t...

State of the Subways: More Service Needed- Cars Cleaner, Fewer Breakdowns - 
Last Tuesday, the NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign issued its annual "State of the Subways" report, rating the 7 as the best line and the 5 as worst. The findings were mixed, with cars m...

63rd St. Tunnel: More Capacity for Queens?
Contractors have completed all substantial track and ventilation shaft construction for the subway tunnel that will allow Queens Boulevard lines to use the 63rd Street Tunnel, NYC Transit representati...

Suffolk Civic Leaders Present Guidelines for Route 347
On Monday night, civic leaders from Brookhaven and Smithtown presented NY State DOT planners with a "Five-point plan for a better Route 347 project." It states "NY State DOT should ...

Notes from NYC: Ped Paths and Bicycle Ways
Earlier this month, Governor Pataki signed into law a Bronx land swap between the State DOT and MTA that will allow the DOT to build a pedestrian and bicycle path from Devoe and E. 177th Street...

CT Town Awaits Road Decision
After warding off the expansion of Rt. 66 for years, Middlefield town leaders and citizen activists hope for a final victory at a ConnDOT adjudication hearing in early August (MTR #163).

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Newark Arena Loses Footbridge Funds- Transit and Pedestrian Access At Risk - 
Following a request from Gov. Whitman, Newark city officials erased a $10 million pedestrian crossing from plans for the partly state-funded $325 million Devils/Nets arena project, the Star-Ledger ...