Campaign Presses for NJ Compliance with "Fix-it-First" Law Last week, representatives of the Tri-State TransportationCampaign met with staff for Acting Governor DiFrancesco to discuss theNew Jersey Department of Transportation's defiance of legislated br...
Hudson Valley Execs on Hot Seat Before T-Z Study Vote The Village of Nyack last Thursday adopted a resolutioncalling on Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef to attachconditions to his approval of the "Tappan Zee Bridge Alternatives Anal...
Scenic Hudson Calls for T-Z Congestion Pricing In an April 20 Journal News opinion piece, ScenicHudson planner Jeff Anzevino urged the NY State Thruway Authority to implementcongestion pricing on the Tappan Zee Bridge.
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Peds 2, NYC Buses 0 Last week, a New York Times reporter resurrectedwhat has unfortunately become a popular speed challenge: walking versustaking a NYC bus. The reporter and his wife set out together from...
Speed Cameras Promise Big Traffic Calming Benefits A new report by Transportation Alternatives shows thatNew York City could significantly boost enforcement of motor vehicle speedinglaws if it deployed photo-radar (also known as speed cameras) syste...
Green Backs Car-Free Parks Goal Mark Green's campaign for mayor of New York City has informed transportationreform and environmental groups that he supports to goal of removing car trafficfrom the loop roads of Central and...
Recipe to Worsen Traffic Chaos: Right-on-Red for Staten Island Legislation in Albany submitted by State Senator JohnMarchi and Assembly Member Eric Vitaliano (S1763 and A6819) would eliminateNYC's no right-turn-on-red rule on Staten Island. The bills als...
McGreevey, Franks on Anti-Toll Bandwagon Answering a question on a New Jersey radio program lastweek, Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Woodbridge mayor Jim McGreeveytold listeners that he aims to eventually abolish tolls on th...
Local Politics: Traffic, Transit Focus West Windsor Township Incumbent mayorCarole Carson lost her re-election bid to Councilman Shing-Fu Hsueh, whocampaigned to limit new residential development and reduce traffic. Hsueh'stw...