At the request of Governor Whitman, NJ Transportation Commissioner
James Weinstein issued a traffic order last Thursday banning trucks
heavier than 26,000 pounds from traveling 22 miles of R...
Last Thursday, newspapers reported the outline of a new Port Authority
plan that would introduce time-variable tolls at its Hudson River crossings,
hike PATH train tolls and finance an ambitious capit...
Responses by New York State leaders to the failure of this year's transportation
bond act, which voters rejected on November 7, have been muted so far.
The bond act would have supplied $3.8 billion to...
The AAA is much more than a friendly purveyor of Triptiks and traveler's
checks, according to the cover story of the Winter issue of NRDC's Amicus
Journal. In fact, the organization has ...
Although its funding for the project may hang in the balance, the MTA
and Long Island Railroad are proceeding with early work on the LIRR-Grand
Central connection. The railroad will need to con...
NYC City Council member Margarita Lopez has introduced a bill to fund
construction of an Avenue A entrance/exit to the First Avenue
station of the "L" subway line. The plan is meant to a...
Last week, the advocacy group West Harlem Environmental Action (WHEACT)
filed an administrative complaint under the national Civil Rights Act with
the U.S. Department of Transportation.
A bill in the NJ Assembly to allow all state employees to receive the
Federal transit commuting pre-tax benefit received a raft of new bipartisan
support last month. Twenty-eight members became co-spo...
In a recent interview, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner
Iris Weinshall told the Staten Island Advance she has been meeting
with Staten Island Borough President Guy Molina...
