• Whitman: More Progress on Truck Routes
     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...

  • Port Authority To Offer Variable Tolls
     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...

  • NY Transportation Funding: Few Tea Leaves
     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...

  • Article Outs AAA Agenda
     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 ...

  • LIRR Searches for Storage Yards - Sites Essential for LIRR-Grand Central Connection -
    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...

  • East Village Hedges Bets on 2nd Avenue Line
     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...

  • MTA Diesel Depots A Matter of Civil Rights
     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.

    Transit Tax Benefits Catching On
    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...

  • City Commish, Pols Talk SI Land Use Reform
     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...

  • Straphangers Campaign Thanksgiving List: - Top 10 Things Riders Had To Be Thankful For in 2000 -
    1. No subway and bus strike. (December 1999)

    2. The first of 1,280 new subway cars arrive, boasting quieter and smoother trips, more comfortable seats, and el...