It’s Official: Red Light Running Rampant
NYC Comptroller and mayoral candidate Alan Hevesi released a report last week quantifying what people on NYC streets experience every day — many city drivers regard stopping on red as optional.
Wagging
the Dog: Queens Subways in Turmoil Due to Plan for Stranded Tunnel
An outcry against the changes
coming to Queens subway may become louder once F trains are re-routed through
the 63rd St. Tunnel.
Demise
of the “Toll Holiday”
In under a week, Acting
Governor DiFrancesco launched, then abandoned an effort to lift toll levies
from the Garden State Parkway for one day only, July 4th.
Brookhaven
Projects, Planning Request in Limbo
The fate of a March request
by Brookhaven Town Supervisor John LaValle to NY State DOT for collaboration
on a “sustainable development study” is unclear.
Brookhaven
Groups Not Waiting for DOT
The Longwood Alliance and
Sustainable LI hosted a walking tour and traffic calming seminar
to further develop a community-friendly plan for NY Route 25.
Newsday
Backs Call for City Speed Cameras
A Newsday editorial
last Thursday called on the NYC City Council to back state legislation
allowing the city to deploy phot-radar equipment in NYC.
NJ
Candidates Talk Transportation
A summary of a survey of
the transportation views of New Jersey’s main gubernatorial candidates
published in Gannett papers on May 20th.
New
Jersey City Mayor Could End Bergen Arches Highway Plan
The two Jersey City mayoral
candidates now say they support using the abandoned Bergen Arches right-of-way
for a new transit line rather than the highway championed by departing
Mayor Bret Schundler.
Silver
Backs Better Chinatown Subway Deal
NY State Assembly Speaker
Sheldon Silver has been an advocate for mitigation of the four-year
disruption of normal subway service at Chinatown's Grand Street station.
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