• 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 option...

  • Wagging the Dog: Queens Subways in Turmoil Due to Plan for Stranded Tunnel
     Although community groups say NYC Transit’s new steps to address the truncation of the Brooklyn-Queens G subway are not enough, a much bigger outcry against the changes coming to Queens subway ...

  • 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.  Th...

  • 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” with the town, Suffolk County and stakeholde...

  • Brookhaven Groups Not Waiting for DOT
     In early May, the Longwood Alliance and Sustainable Long Island hosted a walking tour and traffic calming seminar to further develop a community-friendly plan for NY Route 25 in B...

  • Newsday Backs Call for City Speed Cameras
     A Newsday editorial last Thursday called on the NYC City Council to back state legislation introduced by State Senator Frank Padavan and Assembly Member Deborah Glick allowing the city to deplo...

  • NJ Candidates Talk Transportation
     On May 20th, Gannett newspapers in NJ published a survey of the transportation views of New Jersey’s main gubernatorial candidates. The coverage revealed consensus on many issues, including an ...

  • New Jersey City Mayor Could End Bergen Arches Highway Plan
     The two Jersey City mayoral candidates left standing after a five-way primary in early May now say they support using the abandoned Bergen Arches right-of-way for a new transit line rather than...

  • Silver Backs Better Chinatown Subway Deal
     NY State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s office let us know last week that the Speaker has been an outspoken advocate for transportation services to mitigate the four-year disruption of normal subwa...