• New Jersey Department of Transportation Charts Broad Defiance of New Law
     The New Jersey DOT has released a draft of its 2000-2010 Capital Investment Strategy prior to a Dec. 18 North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority meeting. The document explicitly diverges from t...

  • Port Authority Pricing Plan Proceeds
     Port Authority commissioners voted yesterday to hold public hearings on the agency's plan to introduce congestion pricing and impose higher tolls at Hudson River crossings, and to raise PATH tr...

  • Gowanus HOV Lane: Why Wait for Worse ?
     The NY State Dept. of Transportation seems in a bad muddle over how to manage carpool lanes. The Department has told the Campaign it is hesitant to change rules governing access to the Gowanus Expres...

  • 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. The FTA issued a "record of decision" for the 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.

    The Daily News re...

  • Queens Boulevard - How Many Will Die in 2001 ?
    The death of yet another pedestrian, this time a 14-year old girl named Sofia Leviyev, on Queens Boulevard spurred more than 100 local residents to block the street in protest this past Sunday. Unfort...

  • NJ E-ZPass Consortium Projects Deficit - Big Revenue Shortfall Possible -
    At a December 9th press conference in East Brunswick, the Regional E-ZPass Consortium - which includes NJ toll roads, the Port Authority and the Delaware DOT - released revised financial projections t...

  • NJTransit Study Documents Unmet Needs
     Ridership growth on NJTransit rail lines and buses is exceeding growth in service, and a significant percentage of both the rail and bus fleet are older than the standard age of retirement. Th...

  • Long Island Local: Towns of Islip & Brookhaven
     The Central Islip Main Street Alliance is considering a closed loop trolley bus service that would link the court complex, shopping centers north of Suffolk Avenue and the LIRR station. The lo...