At a January candidate forum sponsored by the Village Indep...
NJDOT Budget: Road Expansion on par with Repair Spending The NJ DOT capital budget distributed at a North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority meeting this week indicates that, despite the "fix-it-first" oriented legislation accompanying reaut...
CT House Leader Calls for More Transpo Funds In a speech last week outlining her priorities, State House Speaker Moira Lyons asked an audience of Southwestern CT business and municipal leaders to actively support her bid for greater the transpor...
Locking in Anti-Diesel Gains NY State Senator Tom Duane is asking citizens and organizations to write to U.S. Senators Schumer and Clinton, to urge them to fight efforts in Washington to roll back new, tighter rules on diesel emi...
The State of Cycling in NYC The winter edition of Transportation Alternatives magazine gives cycling in NYC slightly improved marks over last year. T.A.'s fourth annual report on the state of bicycling in the city gives the &qu...
NY Thruway: About Face on GWB Toll Impact New York State Thruway Executive Director John Platt recently told the Journal News that his agency did not expect much traffic to divert to the Tappan Zee Bridge as a result of the toll increa...
NJ Bergen Arches Right-of-Way For Sale An item on the agenda for next week's NJ Transit board meeting indicates the agency will likely exercise an option to acquire the Bergen Arches rail right-of-way from the residual Conrail "shared...
Bronx Corridor Study Is Lesson in Agency Balkanization On February 8, the New York State Department of Transportation presented a list of options it will study in its "major investment study" of the Cross Bronx and Major Deegan Expressway corrid...
Amtrak Begins Frequent Traveler Program Amtrak has established a frequent-rider program, similar to the incentive plans airlines have used for many years. Regular train riders can accumulate "guest reward" points based on ticket c...
MNRR CT Passengers Note Ongoing Decline in Cleanliness and Seats Metro North Railroad's annual customer service survey results show growing dissatisfaction among Connecticut MTA riders. New Haven line respondents gave their line lower marks in every category querie...
Ledger Gets Star for PA Coverage Our coverage of news media coverage of the Port Authority congestion pricing proposal (MTR #302), complained of a press drumbeat on the theme of "$7 tolls!" and stated that "No n...