/20000925/mtr28701.htm NYS Leaders Break Bond Silence, But Voters Still Kept in the Dark September 25, 2000 Last Monday, Governor Pataki, State Senate Majority Leader Bruno and Assembly Speaker Silver announced their joint agreement regarding a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for projects that will be fun... 287
/20000925/mtr28702.htm GSP Finishes E-ZPass Roll-out First, Lags Behind Pike in Innovation September 25, 2000 Last Tuesday, the Garden State Parkway Authority began electronic toll collection at its Great Egg and Cape May Plazas, making it the first of New Jersey's two major tolled highways to offer full c... 287
/20000925/mtr28703.htm Broad Coalition Rallies Around LI Bus September 25, 2000 At a press conference in front of the Nassau Legislative Building in Mineola last Thursday, civic, labor and environmental groups called on county legislators to keep cuts to Long Island Bus fundin... 287
/20000925/mtr28704.htm LA's Lesson for Nassau September 25, 2000 The ongoing strike by Los Angeles transit workers provides a real-life example for Nassau County political leaders of what happens to traffic levels when transit disappears. Like Nassau on a larger s... 287
/20000925/mtr28705.htm NJ Politics More Anti-Sprawl than Ever September 25, 2000 Thirty New Jersey environmental groups and 74 of the state's 120 state legislators have called on Governor Whitman to tighten enforcement and expand the scope of her proposed new sewer regulations The... 287
/20000925/mtr28706.htm Connecticut Summit Draws Fire September 25, 2000 The vice-chairman of the Connecticut Rail Commuter Council, James Cameron told council members and visitors at a meeting earlier this month that the transportation summit scheduled for September 28th ... 287
/20000925/mtr28707.htm Groups Ask New NYC DOT Head Weinshall to Improve Truck Routes Now September 25, 2000 This week, civic, environmental, and transportation organizations from around the city called on the new New York City DOT Commissioner, Iris Weinshall, to take immediate action to reform the city's t... 287
/20000925/mtr28708.htm Ped Take-Over Set for Times Square September 25, 2000 After 3 1/2 years of planning and numerous public meetings, the Department of City Planning's innovative Times Square Pedestrian Improvement Plan is soon to be built. According to the NY Post,... 287
/20000925/mtr28709.htm Greenways Grow Along the Hudson September 25, 2000 Earlier this month twelve New Jersey mayors, Hudson County Executive Robert Janiszewski, and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Shinn announced their commitment to completing t... 287
/20000925/mtr28710.htm TA Ride Showcases Borough Greenways September 25, 2000 Participants in Transportation Alternatives' NYC Century bike tour of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx on Sept. 10th experienced new improvements to NYC's emerging greenway network. Impro... 287
/20000925/mtr28711.htm Philly Hosts Largest Bike/Ped Conference September 25, 2000 Bicycle and pedestrian planners and advocates convened Sept. 5-8 in Philadelphia for the biennial Pro-Bike/Pro-Walk conference. With 500+ in attendance, it was the largest yet of the conference serie... 287