/20001204/mtr29601.htm	Thruway Pushes Tappan Zee II Forward	December 4, 2000	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 <B>begin environmental review </B</b></i></u></a>...	296
/20001204/mtr29602.htm	NYC Transit Posts Strong Numbers	December 4, 2000	Last week, a top MTA official indicated that subway, bus and commuter rail <B>fare hikes are unlikely </B>in 2001.</P><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">   According to the <I>Daily News</I>, recent MTA reports show</b></i></u></a>...	296
/20001204/mtr29603.htm	NYC: Dept of Cars or Dept of Transportation?	December 4, 2000	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</b></i></u></a>...	296
/20001204/mtr29604.htm	Port Authority Plan: Pricing Not Provocative	December 4, 2000	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</b></i></u></a>...	296
/20001204/mtr29605.htm	Common Sense from Councilman	December 4, 2000	An 11/30 letter to the <I>Daily News </I>from NYC Council member John Sabini (Queens) may be a first - an east-of Hudson politician who understands that <B>affordable PATH fares benefit New York</B>. </b></i></u></a>...	296
/20001204/mtr29606.htm	Parkway Scrambles for Funds	December 4, 2000	The Garden State Parkway is strapped for capital funding but is going to great lengths to <B>avoid a toll increase</B>, according to the Bergen <I>Record</I>.  NJ Highway Authority officials say they </b></i></u></a>...	296
/20001204/mtr29607.htm	Nassau Throws Transit to Wolves	December 4, 2000	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</b></i></u></a>...	296
/20001204/mtr29608.htm	Straphangers Release First Station Survey	December 4, 2000	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</b></i></u></a>...	296
/20001204/mtr29609.htm	Federal Transit Funding: Senators Needed	December 4, 2000	The Tri-State Transportation Campaign has written to Senator-elect <B>Hillary Clinton</B>, urging her to seek a seat on the U.S. Senate's <B>Environment and Public Works Committee</B>.  </P><P ALIGN=</b></i></u></a>...	296
/20001204/mtr29610.htm	63rd St. Subway Plan Unveiled 	December 4, 2000	A Dec. 1 <I>Daily News </I>exposeŽ of NYC Transit's operating plan for the new subway tunnel connection between the Queens Boulevard and Manhattan 63<SUP>rd</SUP> Street subway lines says the F-train </b></i></u></a>...	296
/20001204/mtr29611.htm	NYC Rail Trash Transport Passes Big Hurdles	December 4, 2000	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</b></i></u></a>...	296
/20001204/mtr29612.htm	Road-for-Park Rally in the Bronx	December 4, 2000	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</b></i></u></a>...	296