Campaign Presses for NJ Compliance with "Fix-it-First" Law Last week, representatives of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign met with staff for Acting Governor DiFrancesco to discuss the New 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 resolution calling on Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef to attach conditions 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, Scenic Hudson planner Jeff Anzevino urged the NY State Thruway Authority to implement congestion pricing on the Tappan Zee Bridge.
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Peds 2, NYC Buses 0 Last week, a New York Times reporter resurrected what has unfortunately become a popular speed challenge: walking versus taking 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 that New York City could significantly boost enforcement of motor vehicle speeding laws 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 transportation reform and environmental groups that he supports to goal of removing car traffic from the loop roads of Central and...
Recipe to Worsen Traffic Chaos: Right-on-Red for Staten Island Legislation in Albany submitted by State Senator John Marchi and Assembly Member Eric Vitaliano (S1763 and A6819) would eliminate NYC'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 last week, Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Woodbridge mayor Jim McGreevey told listeners that he aims to eventually abolish tolls on th...
Local Politics: Traffic, Transit Focus West Windsor Township Incumbent mayor Carole Carson lost her re-election bid to Councilman Shing-Fu Hsueh, who campaigned to limit new residential development and reduce traffic. Hsueh's tw...
