/20000918/mtr28601.htm A Million Cars a Day September 18, 2000 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... 286 /20000918/mtr28602.htm Broad Coalition Supports NJ TTF Dedication - Vote Yes on Public Question #1 - September 18, 2000 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... 286 /20000918/mtr28603.htm Sept 30th: NJ TurnPike Steps Into Highway History September 18, 2000 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... 286 /20000918/mtr28604.htm Bad Drivers Everywhere, NYDOT, NYPD Nowhere September 18, 2000 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... 286 /20000918/mtr28605.htm NYC DOT Intersection Cam Program Stalled September 18, 2000 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... 286 /20000918/mtr28606.htm Committees Prepare for CT Transpo Summit - Enviros Passed Over in Closed Door Sessions - September 18, 2000 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... 286 /20000918/mtr28607.htm More Movement on Rail Freight Barges September 18, 2000 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... 286 /20000918/mtr28608.htm Social Promotion For Transit Managers? September 18, 2000 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... 286 /20000918/mtr28609.htm Around NYC: Private Buses Get Theirs September 18, 2000 * 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... 286 /20000918/mtr28610.htm Transit = Savings for Families in NYC September 18, 2000 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... 286