Poll: CT Residents Fed Up with Traffic, Will Pay for Relief
A Quinnipiac University poll CT registered voters released last week spotlighted public concern about transportation in Connecticut.
RR
Opens Second Front Against High Taxes
In February, CSX filed
a lawsuit against NY State, NYC, and ten other NY counties, municipalities
and school districts over restrictive tax rates.
Parkway
Debate Reaches New Low
Last week, front-runners
in the 2001 New Jersey Governor's race told the Star Ledger they
are looking into ways to take tolls of the Garden State Parkway for good.
City
Candidates' Transport Views Emerging
New York City's four major
mayoral candidates touched on a variety of transportation issues at a public
forum sponsored by the Neighborhood Independent Democrats.
Albany
Quiet on Transit Front
Although beginning to release
a response to Governor Pataki's budget proposal, the NY legislature has
said nothing about the transportation capital funding gap.
PA
Preparing for Price Plan
The Port Authority has indicated
that it is interested in pursuing steps that will ease the transition to
a new toll and fare structure for drivers and PATH riders.
Millstone
Bypass' New Process:
Real Opening or NJDOT Charm Offensive?
NJ DOT Commissioner James
Weinstein announced that the agency would take a "fresh new look" at
the Millstone Bypass, but opponents are wary.
NY
Thruway's Tappan Zee II P.R. Blitz
In February, the New York
State Thruway Authority kicked off a drive to win public approval for replacement
of the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Municipal
League Likely to Scrutinize TZII
Lower Hudson Valley officials
are considering formation of a local government coalition to participate
in the pending study of replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge.
NYC's
Deadliest Avenues
A new look at a list of
New York City's deadliest streets published two weeks ago by the New
York Post.
NYC:
More Cameras to Track Motoring Mad-dogs
The NYC DOT plans to increase
the total number of red-light cameras deployed in the city to 50 by June,
at least two of these will go on Queens Boulevard.
Familiar
Story: Bigger Buses, Fewer Buses
Staten Island and Brooklyn
express bus riders are speaking out about the down side of NYC Transit's
replacement of older buses with new, larger coaches.
CT's
Traffic Reduction Work Slogs Along
Connecticut Department of
Transportation consultants expect to deliver the first phase of a mass
transit
marketing study for the I-95 corridor in coming months.
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