• Smooth Transition for the Port Authority
     The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey successfully transitioned last week to its new toll and fare structure. Positive regional headlines abounded: "Commuters fare well under costlier rid...

  • Variable Cordon Pricing for Manhattan?
     The advent of time-sensitive tolls on the PA's Hudson River crossings could be seen as a first step towards a variable cordon pricing program for Manhattan. Since 1998, Singapore has operated a...

  • DiFrancesco Affirms NJ Fix-It-First Policy - Pledges NJ DOT Will Carry it Out -
    Speaking recently to an audience of environmentalists, Acting Governor and candidate Donald DiFrancesco 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, helping to set the stage for the administration that will su...

  • Downstate Regional Meeting Spotlights Transport-Land Use Planning Initiatives
    The NY Metropolitan Transportation Council's annual meeting in Manhattan last Thursday had a refreshingly substantive program. The program focused on the "sustainable development" studies...

  • Green, Vallone On Board for More Service
     The News' series prompted action by two candidates for mayor. City Council speaker Peter Vallone called for City Council hearings on subway crowding, while Public Advocate Mark Green released a...

  • Subway Re-route Fight Knocks at Speaker's Door
    The series of running battles that have erupted across Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan following announcement of NYC Transit service change plans due to the new Queens Boulevard connector and Manhattan...

  • Transport Policies to Enhance CT Communities
     In March, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and CT Fund for the Environment released "Transportation Choices for Connecticut," a paper contributing to the debate over state transp...

  • Bridge Re-do Renders Rig Respite
     Residents of Manhattan's Lower East Side report rare relief from heavy truck impacts in the neighborhood ¾ including noise and vibrating bu...

  • Push for Speed Cameras in NYC
     Last week, State Senator Frank Padavan and Assembly Member Deborah Glick introduced state legislation that would pilot the use of automated speed-radar cameras in NYC. State Senator Marchi and ...

  • 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. Its companion (S1051) awaits a second rea...

  • 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 between its junction with Interstate 95 north of Trenton and ...

  • New Ferries for LI, NJ Commuters to NYC
     A new, high-speed commuter ferry will begin service in May from Glen Cove harbor, LI and Manhattan's Pier 11 near Wall Street, Glen Cove Mayor Tom Suozzi told the Daily News earlier this month....