NJDOT
Charts Broad Defiance of New Law
The NJ DOT has released
a draft of its 2000-2010 Capital Investment Strategy that explicitly diverges
from the goals set by the Legislature and Governor Whitman...
Port
Authority Pricing Plan Proceeds
Port Authority commissioners
voted yesterday to hold public hearings on the plan to introduce congestion
pricing and impose higher tolls and to raise PATH train fares...
Gowanus
HOV Lane: Why Wait for Worse ?
The NYS DOT seems in a bad
muddle over how to manage carpool lanes. The DOT has told the Campaign
it is hesitant to change rules for the Gowanus Expressway...
Harlem
Line 3rd Track Gets Feds' Go-Ahead
An announcement last week
by Metro-North Railroad announced the end of environmental review for the
Harlem Line's Third Track Project.
Spotlight
Back on Dangerous Driving
Mayor Giuliani told reporters
last week he would do more to keep the issue of drunk driving and traffic
fatalities in the public eye.
Queens
Boulevard - How Many Will Die in 2001?
The death of yet another
pedestrian,14-year old Sofia Leviyev, on Queens Boulevard spurred more
than 100 residents to block the street in protest on December 10th.
NJ
E-ZPass Group Projects Deficit, Big Revenue Shortfall Possible
On December 9th, the
Regional E-ZPass Consortium - which includes NJ toll roads, the Port Authority
and the Delaware DOT - released revised financial projections...
NJTransit
Study Documents Unmet Needs
Ridership growth on NJTransit
rail lines and buses is exceeding growth in service, and much of the rail
and bus fleet are older than the standard age of retirement...
Long
Island Local Briefs
The Central Islip Main Street
Alliance is considering a closed loop trolley bus service...At a press
conference in Lake Ronkonkoma last Monday...
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