The Daily News greeted new NYC transportation chief Iris Weinshall
with a "Million Cars a Day" headline last Monday. The paper chronicled
the upward spike in vehicles entering Manhat...
A bi-partisan group of business and labor leaders, politicians, and
environmentalists launched a major 'get-out-the-vote' campaign to renew
the Transportation Trust Fund at the Trenton Statehouse la...
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority signaled its confidence that electronic
toll collection would begin on the Turnpike September 30th by holding a
press briefing last week to describe the benefits of t...
During a field visit to the corner of Manhattan's 7th Avenue
and 36th Street from 2:35 to 3:05pm last Friday, a Tri-State
Transportation Campaign observer counted 19 cars and tru...
The Daily News reported last week that the City DOT department
charged with installing more cameras to bust stoplight running motorists
is mired in a drawn out investigation of the contractor t...
Three 15-person working groups are meeting across Connecticut this
month to set the agenda for an upcoming "summit" on the state's transportation
policy goals. One group entitled "Susta...
NYC Transit announced at an MTA board committee meeting last week that
it was overhauling its performance measures. Critics immediately charged
that the move is little more than an attempt to make th...
* Last week, Assemblywoman Kathryn Freed introduced a bill to the NYC
City Council that would require all operating double-decker tour buses
to meet current federal emissions standards. At an earlier...
A NY Times article that looked at salary needs for a single
parent with two children found that New York City residents pay less
for transportation than people elsewhere in NY State. Alt...
