• Nassau County: Both Houses Declare Plague on Long Island Bus
     Nassau County Executive Thomas Gulotta's line-item vetoes of the county legislature's 2001 budget, supported by Republican legislators, has deepened Long Island Bus' financial woes.

    Corps Seeks Input on Twice-Rejected CT Hway
    The Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public hearing on November 21st to solicit comment on the Connecticut Department of Transportation's new route proposal for an expressway in the Rte 6 co...

  • With Bond Failure, Albany Again Faces Transportation Budget
    Voter defeat of NY State's transportation bond act leaves state leaders to confront a $3.8 billion hole in the transportation construction budget.

    To keep mass transit projec...

  • Favorable Sign for Regional Fare Card?
     News sources in New York and New Jersey reported last week that a study by the Volpe Transportation Systems Center, a research arm of the U.S. Department of Transportation, for the Port Authority has ...

  • NJ Transpo Measure Breezes to Yes Vote
     In contrast to New York, dedication of additional funding to transportation infrastructure spending enjoys a strong consensus in New Jersey ¾...

  • Hudson-Bergen Line Extension Secure
     During the final frenzy surrounding the race for his U.S. Senate seat, Senator Frank Lautenberg celebrated his latest success in bringing federal funds home for mass transit expansion, in the s...

  • PA Looks at Kennedy Airport Freight
     The Port Authority of NY/NJ has initiated an origin-destination study for the roughly 1.8 million tons of air cargo served by JFK annually, the Journal of Commerce reported last week. The repo...

  • Metro North Hudson Line Extension Dead
     Dutchess County Executive William Steinhaus has recently announced that Metro North Railroad will abandon plans to extend the Hudson Line beyond Poughkeepsie into Northern Dutchess County. Cont...

  • Millstone Bypass: Gov. Orders Further Study
     Earlier this month, Governor Christie Whitman responded forcefully to the NJ DOT's environmental assessment study for the proposed Millstone Bypass, a 2.3 mile four-lane elevated highway runnin...

  • Gowanus Project Finished, Policy Needs Work
     NY State DOT officials and Congressman Vito Fossella presided over the opening of the final segment of the Gowanus Expressway HOV lane last week. The HOV lane now runs continuously from the Ve...

  • City Tests Midtown Congestion Parking
     A pilot program begins November 13th for commercial vehicles with business around Times Square, billed by freshman NYC Commissioner of Transportation Iris Weinshall as the city's first application ...

  • Looking To London: Universal Parking Fees
     In tandem with roadway pricing, the new London Mayor has the power to set universal parking fees. This goes far beyond charging non-residents for on-street parking, which already takes place in many d...