• Report Shows Vast Gulf in NYC Traffic Safety Spending -- Few Funds to Combat Ped, Cyclist Death Toll

    A new report from Transportation Alternatives shows that the NYC and NY State DOTs continue to spend far less on pedestrian and cyclist safety than on motorist safety within the five boroughs of NY...

  • Reauthorize MTA Board Labor, Rider Reps

    A bill passed by both the NY State Senate and NY State Assembly to renew a law that added non-voting rider and labor representatives to the MTA board still must be sent to Governor Pa...

  • Elected Officials Begin to Weigh in on NY347 Plan

    Brookhaven community leaders led by the Affiliated Brookhaven Civic Association (ABCO) promoted their "5-point Plan for a Better Route 347 Project" (see MTR #278) with State Assemb...

  • Queens Boulevard: Avenue or Highway?

    According to the Daily News, 60 pedestrians have been killed on Queens Boulevard since 1993. Yet, NYC DOT did little until Borough President Claire Shulman and Council Member Karen Koslowit...

  • City Bus Fleet Standing Still

    A report by NYC Comptroller Alan Hevesi's office recently rated the seven bus companies that provide local and express service on 91 routes in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx under NYC DOT supervisi...

  • PATH Will Save on New Car Buy

    In a victory for common sense, Federal Railroad Administration officials have ruled that the Port Authority will not have to fork over an extra $200 million from its PATH budget when it buys...

  • NY State DOT Looks to Wrap up SIE Study

    In recent stories in the S.I. Advance, NYS DOT reiterated statements that a bus-only lane is the Department's "top choice" as it tries to wrap up its Staten Island Ex...

  • NY Transportation Bond Act in Disarray

    An agreement by NY State legislators and Governor Pataki over what projects to list in the huge transportation bond act to be submitted to voters this fall is nearly two months overdue. State Comp...

  • Open Space Vs. Route 92

    Critics have long predicted that construction of the NJ Turnpike's Route 92 would bring unwanted sprawl to a still largely rural portion of Middlesex County. But now it seems that ju...

  • Malling the Region

    On July 28th, officials from the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM) accepted a report finding that proposed construction of a 1.2 million sq. ft. luxury mall outside of New Haven ...