• Long Island's Traffic Still NY State's Deadliest
     Reportedly, NY State DOT is close to announcing the first project selections for its Long Island "Local Safe Streets and Traffic Calming" program ( MTR #302).

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  • NY Rolls on with Big Long Island Road Plan
    NY State DOT officials are stumping across Long Island, trying to sell the agency's "Long Island Transportation Plan 2000 (LITP)." The overall scheme calls for widening most major highways ...

  • NJ Commissioner Claims "Fix It First" Mandate Will be Followed
     About 20 transit, labor, smart growth, environmental and public interest groups wrote to Acting Gov. DiFrancesco last Tuesday pointing out that DOT's proposed capital program and longer-term capital i...

  • But NJDOT Plans To Add Another 500 Highway Miles
    In a preview of its long range plan, NJDOT staff told the audience that the agency plans to add 20 new lane miles of highway capacity per year until 2025. The agency has identified a $85.8 bill...

  • Port Authority Steps Towards Non-Stop Tolls
     For the first time, starting March 16th, the Port Authority will allow drivers with E-ZPass to travel through a completely unmanned toll plaza. The Palisades Interstate Parkway toll plaza at the Geor...

  • Ferrer, Vallone Beat Toll-Removal Drums
     Mayoral candidates visited Staten Island last Tuesday evening. The forum provided Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer and City Council Speaker Peter Vallone with another chance to d...

  • Revised CT Transportation Strategy Bill Released
    Last week, the CT legislature's Transportation Committee released a revised version of HB 6985, the bill to create a new Transportation Strategy Board and to fund $40 million in quick-fix transportati...

  • NJ Bike-Ped Funds Still Fall Short of Growing Demand
    Janine Bauer, Tri-State Campaign director, presented the data on NJ DOT Local Aid funding represented below to the bicycle and pedestrian advocates assembled at last week's TransAction conference. Sh...

  • CT Business Coalition Wants Action
     A state-wide Connecticut business association has launched a major public relations and organizing campaign to back legislative creation of a long-term transportation strategy board (see story at left...

  • Key NYC Greenway Link In Place
     Last Tuesday, the ribbon fell on Riverside Park South, opening a new path along the Hudson River through the park for walkers and cyclists. Located between 59th and 72nd Streets, the Par...

  • Fairfield County Activists Criticize ConnDOT Capital Plans
    Speakers at a recent public hearing on the CT State Transportation Improvement Program - an inter-agency capital program planning document - were outspoken in their opposition to the document's focus ...