• A Million Cars a Day
     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...

  • Broad Coalition Supports NJ TTF Dedication - Vote Yes on Public Question #1 -
     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...

  • Sept 30th: NJ TurnPike Steps Into Highway History
     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...

  • Bad Drivers Everywhere, NYDOT, NYPD Nowhere
    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...

  • NYC DOT Intersection Cam Program Stalled
     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...

  • Committees Prepare for CT Transpo Summit - Enviros Passed Over in Closed Door Sessions -
     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...

  • More Movement on Rail Freight Barges
     Last week brought two welcome signs of progress in the bi-state effort to bolster rail-freight barge traffic through New York Harbor.

    The Port Authority of New York and Ne...

  • Social Promotion For Transit Managers?
     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...

  • Around NYC: Private Buses Get Theirs
     * 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...

  • Transit = Savings for Families in NYC
     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...