Drive-Anywhere Stance Won't Help Truckers The trucking industry's response to public outcry over burgeoning truck traffic on inappropriate local roads in central New Jersey has been to deny the problem and try to squash reasonable truc...
Pataki Says He Backs West Shore Revival The Times Herald-Record of Orange County reported Thursday that Governor Pataki said he supported restoring passenger rail service along the west shore of the Hudson. The Governor is app...
Tappan Zee II, Televised The drumbeat of public opposition to replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge played again Thursday evening during a live News 12 special broadcast from a riverside park in Irvington. Familiar themes were sou...
At the Thruway's Far End, More Bridge Issues A plan to "twin" or replace the New York-Canada Peace Bridge in Niagara Falls is stalled due to a recent NY State court decision. The court ruled that the Peace Bridge Authority cannot st...
Fix the Tappan Zee - Grassroots Groundswell Rockland County, the Towns of Orangetown and Greenburgh and the villages of Tarrytown and Upper Nyack have all passed resolutions raising serious concerns about the state's proposal to replace the Tap...
Mom, Apple Pie, Fewer Trucks President Clinton toured central New Jersey last week to stump for Congressman Rush Holt (12th District) in his re-election bid against former Congressman Richard Zimmer. Congressman Holt, who ...
Truck Enforcement: Still Evolving State troopers are stepping up efforts in Central Jersey to enforce the ban on 102"-wide, inter-state trucks, and enlisting the help of local police in Mercer County, the Trenton Times rep...
Middlesex Adds to Jersey's Jitney Fever The Middlesex County Planning Board laid out plans for four new routes for rail station shuttle services at a Middlesex County Transportation Coordinating Committee meeting last Wednesday, acco...
Route 347 Tragedy Heightens Concern Over Widening Plan On Saturday evening, August 19th, two local women were killed trying to cross Route 347 in Port Jefferson Station, one mile west of Rt. 112. Christina Fuchs and Helene Yates-Zeman were struck ...
Straight and Narrow Suffolk County agencies have recently narrowed several county routes to improve safety along problem stretches.
Straight Path was narrowed this summer from five lanes to thre...
Surveying Subway Schedules Last week the Permanent Citizen's Advisory Council to the MTA issued a study of NYC Transit subway service reliability.
Observers for the transit riders group tracked ...
Agencies Try Again on Air Funds The NY Metropolitan Transportation Council once again solicited proposals for federal "Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality" projects for NYC for FY2000-2003. Due to agency infighting, ...
Correction In MTR #282, we reported incorrectly in "Transit Planning, NY-style" that articulated bus service is planned to begin on M14 routes by the end of this year. After the M23 switch next month,...
