Thruway Pushes Tappan Zee II Forward After months of silence about replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge with a wider span, the New York State Thruway Authority announced last Tuesday that the agency will soon begin environmental review ...
NYC Transit Posts Strong Numbers Last week, a top MTA official indicated that subway, bus and commuter rail fare hikes are unlikely in 2001.
According to the Daily News, recent MTA reports show...
NYC: Dept of Cars or Dept of Transportation? In November, Transportation Alternatives published an open letter to new New York City Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall. The letter spelled out near-term improvements NYC DOT could implemen...
Port Authority Plan: Pricing Not Provocative A modest level of complaint, along fairly predictable lines, has followed news of the Port Authority's proposal to fuel a new capital program with a PATH train fare increase and bridge and tunnel toll...
Common Sense from Councilman An 11/30 letter to the Daily News from NYC Council member John Sabini (Queens) may be a first - an east-of Hudson politician who understands that affordable PATH fares benefit New York. ...
Parkway Scrambles for Funds The Garden State Parkway is strapped for capital funding but is going to great lengths to avoid a toll increase, according to the Bergen Record. NJ Highway Authority officials say they ...
Nassau Throws Transit to Wolves Nassau County's 110,000 daily bus riders face an uncertain future after the County Legislature's late night vote last Wednesday in favor of County Executive Thomas Gulotta's long-term budget. The plan...
Straphangers Release First Station Survey The Straphangers Campaign last week released its first-ever rating of major NYC subway stations. The survey of fifteen stations was based on a poll conducted by distributing nearly 40,000 postcards t...
Federal Transit Funding: Senators Needed The Tri-State Transportation Campaign has written to Senator-elect Hillary Clinton, urging her to seek a seat on the U.S. Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee.
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63rd St. Subway Plan Unveiled A Dec. 1 Daily News exposeŽ of NYC Transit's operating plan for the new subway tunnel connection between the Queens Boulevard and Manhattan 63rd Street subway lines says the F-train ...
NYC Rail Trash Transport Passes Big Hurdles The Solid Waste Management Plan of New York City was approved by the City Council by a vote of 49-1 with one abstention last Wednesday. (The dissenting vote came from South Bronx Council Member Pedro...
Road-for-Park Rally in the Bronx On Sunday, the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance held a rally demanding that Bronx Borough President, Fernando Ferrer allow the NYC Department of Transportation to turn over an abandoned section...
