• Incentive Rates Reduced, But Congestion Pricing Coming to Hudson Crossings
     The Port Authority board's approval of an adjusted congestion pricing plan - based on $6 cash tolls and $5 peak and $4 off-peak E-ZPass rates - for its Hudson River and Staten Island crossings inst...

  • PATH Fare Hike Scaled Back
     The plan announced Thursday following the Port Authority board meeting scaled base PATH fares from the proposed $2 to $1.50, and included a new 11 rides for the price of 10 discount similar to ...

  • Parkway Passes Budget With Big Gaps
     At a meeting last Monday, the Garden State Parkway's board approved a 2001 $225 million budget, and $57 million for capital projects. The commissioners also heard details about the troubled financ...

  • CT Transport Panel To Issue Findings
     The "transportation strategy board" established last fall by Governor Rowland and other state leaders is likely to issue several sets of recommendations next week.

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  • NY Legislature Looks Into Transit Funding Gulf
     New York Senate and Assembly members concerned with the state's transportation budget convened a hearing on transportation budget issues in Albany last week, querying NY State DOT and MTA leaders on t...

  • Long Island Towns Embrace Safety Funding
     Municipalities across Long Island submitted applications for the Local Safe Streets and Traffic Calming Grant Program on January 12, 2001. The new program allowing LI municipalities to apply fo...

  • NJ Pedestrian Deaths Slightly Lower in 2000
     According to preliminary data provided by the NJ Department of Law and Public Safety, there were 145 pedestrian fatalities in New Jersey in 2000. The number represents only seven fewer deaths ...

  • NYC Looks to Police to Tame Queens Boulevard
     After a City Council hearing and a blitz of news exposes, the NYPD and NYC DOT have teamed up to improve pedestrian safety on Queens Boulevard. Since 1993, 72 people have been killed and many more in...

  • Bronx Greenway Gets $ Infusion
     Over the past year, Governor Pataki, Mayor Giuliani and South Bronx Congressman Jose Serrano have each dedicated $11 million for Bronx River restoration and greenway development. When completed...