Trendlines: Driving Slows, Transit Boom Continues
Growth in overall vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States is leveling off while transit ridership steadily rises.
Implementing
Congestion Pricing: Five Tips
From detailing discount
rates on E-ZPass bills to increasing convenience for PATH fare-card buyers,
our suggestions for making pricing work.
New
York Behind the Curve on HOV Lanes
In other cities, the standard
for access to HOV lanes is managed according to a much higher speed standard
than NYS DOT adheres to on the Gowanus Expressway.
NJTransit
Stingy with Local Transit
Local New Jersey officials
want rail station jitneys for their communities, but NJTransit isn't offering
sufficient operating funds.
CT
Legislators Would Fund Traffic Calming
A bill before the Connecticut
Legislature would establish a traffic calming grant program based on a
successful pilot on Long Island.
V-Train
Plan Scrutinized
Citizens and advocates launched
important points of criticism at last month's public hearing on MTA
subway services changes.
Bronx
Highway Study Back from the Dead?
NY State DOT's intermittent
meetings for its "Bronx Arterial Needs Major Investment Study" begin
again.
Groups
to Plug Citizens Into Nassau Hub Plan
The Nassau Hub Citizens
Advisory Council lays groundwork for a community visioning process for
land use and tranportation planning in Long Island.
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