Environmentalists, Civic Leaders Call for TZ Congestion Relief
Transportation reformers, environmental groups and municipalities called on the NYS Thruway Authority to begin congestion pricing and other traffic reduction measures.
Hoboken
Casts Spotlight on Traffic Crisis
A different take on Hoboken
Mayor Anthony Russo's controversial plan to divert rush hour through traffic
around his city.
NY
Legislature's Budget Proposals Clear Way for Rail Tax Relief
Budget resolutions by the
NYS legislature concur with the measure in Governor Pataki's executive
budget to provide significant tax relief to private railroads.
Fate
of Queens Site Big Rail Freight Development Issue
A Maspeth, Queens industrial
site formerly operated by Phelps-Dodge could help New York City meet its
critical need for rail freight yard capacity.
Canadian
Pacific is Operator for Brooklyn's 65th Street Yard
The NYC Economic Development
Corp. announced in March that it had selected Canadian Pacific Railroad
to operate the 65th Street rail yard in Brooklyn.
New
Service for Crowded LI Bus Routes
Long Island Bus officials
announced in the beginning of April service increases on nine routes experiencing
significant crowding due to record ridership levels.
CT
Mayor's Transportation Wish-List
Stamford Mayor Daniel Malloy
released a report describing $180-plus million in improvements he believes
are needed to improve travel in and around his city.
Will
Reservoir Concerns Water Down Another NY Road Plan ?
Route 22 in Putname County
- one of the few highway widening projects still moving through NY State
DOT's project pipeline downstate - is under scrutiny by citizens.
Capital
Paper Backs Stronger NJ Truck Ban
A Trenton Times editorial
last week gave a ringing endorsement of the New Jersey's efforts to keep
large trucks off local roads.
NJ
Plan Round-Up: Good, Bad, Irrelevant?
Revisions to New Jersey's
State Plan may or may not give smart growth and transportation reform advocates
more ammunition to pressure NJ DOT.
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