Goethals
Twin a Bad Fit for Pricing Plan
In a presentation last week,
the Port Authority maintained its long-standing position that "twinning"
the Goethals Bridge is necessary to ensure economic growth...
NJ
Environmental, Business Leaders Back PA Toll Plan
The Tri-State Transportation
Campaign, the NJ Alliance for Action, and the Sierra Club convened a press
conference to support the Port Authority's toll proposal...
Son
of 2000 Bond Act ?
One theory in circulation
says the state will address the transportation construction budget
hole opened by failure of November's NY State transportation bond act...
Unfinished
Repairs, Too Few Subway Cars Chop Brooklyn V-Train
NYC Transit officials told
an irritated Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden last week that they
could not extend pending V-train service...
Port
Inland Network Would Curb Truck Traffic
A recent study conducted
for the Port Authority shows that port-related truck trips could be
capped at current levels through 2020, despite rapid projected growth..
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Another
Ruling Against ConnDOT's Route 6 Expressway
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ruled last week that Connecticut DOT's proposed route for an expressway
from Hartford to Rhode Island would do serious ecological...
NY,
NJ Keep Seats on Key Senate Panel
Senators Hillary Clinton
and Jon Corzine have both been named to the Senate Environment and Public
Works Committee...
Fast-Track
Slows for I-95 Shoulder Widening
CT Governor John Rowland's push to open the I-95
shoulder to traffic between Stamford and Westport during rush hours by
this summer was stopped short...
Poll
Reveals Transportation a Top NJ Problem
As the departure of Governor
Whitman and the 2001 gubernatorial election loom over New Jersey's political
landscape, a poll shows transportation problems ...
City
Truck Route Re-do Reborn
Last week, the NYC DOT revealed that the agency
has revised the Request for Proposals (RFP) for reconfiguring the NYC
truck route network...
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