Smooth Transition for the Port Authority
A report on the successful transition of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey to its new toll and fare structure.
Variable
Cordon Pricing for Manhattan?
The advent of time-sensitive
tolls on the PA's Hudson River crossings could be a first step towards
a Singapore-style variable cordon pricing program for Manhattan.
DiFrancesco
Affirms NJ Fix-It-First Policy
Acting Governor and candidate
Donald DiFrancesco recently identified himself with the road and bridge
repair directives for the NJ Dept. of Transportation.
Opinion-Makers
Spotlight NYC's Transit Woes
New York City's three major
dailies all called attention to pressing large-scale problems with the
city's transportation systems last week.
Green,
Vallone On Board for More Service
The News' series
prompted immediate action by two candidates for mayor.
Downstate
Regional Meeting Spotlights Transport-Land Use Planning
The NYMTC's annual meeting
in Manhattan last Thursday focused on the agency's popular "sustainable
development" studies in the Hudson Valley and Long Island.
Subway
Re-route Fight Knocks at Speaker's Door
Sheldon Silver could be
the hero or the villian in running battles over subway line re-routing
that have erupted across Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Transport
Policies to Enhance CT Communities
Introducing local aid and
land-use solutions laid out in "Transportation Choices for Connecticut,"
a policy paper released by the Transportation Choices Coalition.
Bridge
Re-do Renders Rig Respite
Williamsburg Bridge construction
offers rare break from trucks for Lower-East side residents.
Push
for Speed Cameras in NYC
State Senator Frank Padavan
and Assembly Member Deborah Glick introduced state legislation that would
pilot the use of automated speed-radar cameras in NYC.
NJ
Assembly Gives Unanimous Approval to Transit Benefit Bill
Legislation that would offer
the Federal pre-tax transit benefit to New Jersey's 76,000 state workers
was approved 72-0 by the state Assembly last Monday.
NJ
Route 29 Truck Ban Now Permanent
Acting Governor Donald DiFrancesco
signed legislation last Friday that permanently bans all large trucks from
traveling on Route 29 north of Trenton.
New
Ferries for LI, NJ Commuters to NYC
A new high-speed commuter
ferry for Glen Cove to start soon; new ferry service for Weehawken and
Hudson Bergen light rail riders on the horizon.
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