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  • West Brooklyn, Post-Gowanus
     The Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation displayed winning designs for its "Sunset Park: Beyond the Gowanus Expressway" competition at a July 20 reception. The event was wel...

  • NJ Transit Head Hints At Budget Woes
     Last week, NJ Transit Executive Director Jeff Warsh told the Courier-News that higher operating expenses in the upcoming year may force the agency to look at an increase in transit fares ...

  • NJ Port's Truck-way Begins with Bridge Rehab
     Last Monday, the New Jersey Department of Transportation broke ground on a replacement for the Doremus Avenue bridge over Newark's Oak Island Yards. The project is the first in a series planned to ...

  • Dutchess County Rail Service Extended
     In early July, Metro-North Railroad opened 6-mile northward extension of its Harlem Valley commuter rail line. The extension reaches two new stations, at Tenmile River and Wassaic. The     ...

  • CT Legislature Readies Transport Initiatives
     Several independent efforts by Connecticut state legislators are laying the groundwork for transportation policy debates in the 2001 legislative session.

    Earlier this month, ...

  • Hillary: Highway Heavy
     A recent Albany Times-Union article says U.S. Senate candidate Hillary Clinton supports the $3.8 transportation billion bond act that NY State voters will face at the polls in November. ...

  • Staten Island Bus Additions Still in Limbo
     Amalgamated Transit Union Local 726, the Straphangers Campaign, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and Staten Island community activists reiterated their call for the MTA and Governor Pataki to ext...

  • NYC:Bike Lanes Advance, Pedestrian Safety Stalled
    Transportation Alternatives reports new bicycle lanes on a two mile stretch of Prospect Avenue, from Crotona Park to 149th St. in the South Bronx. The avenue is two-way, and ...

  • NY State Backs Taconic Driving/Phoning?
     Just as the public debate over cell phones and safe driving reaches full swing (Hang Up the Car Phones! the Daily News recently opined), Scenic Hudson reveals that NY State is party to a "...