Crackdown Pits Stop & Go Tolls Against True Promise of E-ZPass
New Jersey toll authorities began stricter speed limit enforcement for E-ZPass lanes last Sunday, eliciting calls for installation of high-speed toll plazas.
Ferrer,
Vallone: City Should Pay More for Transit
Candidates for NYC mayor
said the City must pay its fair share for transit improvements if it expects
continued help from Albany and Washington.
Ferrer
Opposes Goethals Twin Construction
NYC mayoral candidate Fernando
Ferrer told a forum of SI businessmen last week that the Port Authority
should abandon its Goethals "twin" bridge project.
Vallone
Releases Transit Plan
NYC mayoral candidate Peter
Vallone issued a plan calling on the MTA to offer new services on its commuter
rail lines with New York City.
NJTransit
Gains Operating Funds
The 2002 operating budget
approved by the New Jersey Transit Board of Director earlier this month
included an additional $51 million in state funds.
Suozzi,
DiNapoli Pledge Support for Long Island Bus
At a forum, Democratic candidates
for Nassau County executive said they would restore the county's contribution
to the Long Island Bus budget.
Bridgeport
Casino Would Swamp I-95
The South West Regional
Planning Agency released a study commissioned to estimate the traffic impacts
of a proposal to build a mega-casino in Bridgeport.
Senate
Bumps Up Harbor Tunnel Funding
Earlier this month, the
U.S. Senate included $5 million for the NY Harbor rail tunnel project's
environmental impact review in its DOT appropriations bill.
NJ
Jitneys: Undelivered
The Bergen Record
reported last week that New Jersey Transit has again delayed delivery of
rail station access jitney vehicles to 16 municipalities.
Funding
for NYC: Unspent
Last weekend, Newsday
outlined a number of NYC projects that received funding earmarks
in 1998's massive transportation bill, but have yet to get off
the ground.
Chinatown
Transit Advocates, Silver Win
An 11th hour agreement announced
Thursday will provide new services to the Grand St. Station, previously
orphaned by Manhattan Bridge repair subway rerouting.
Reclaiming
Times Square
NYC DOT has begun widening
sidewalks in Times Square, along both 7th Avenue and Broadway to make more
space for the area's overflowing pedestrian traffic.
NYC
Council Squeezes Accordion Buses
A NYC Council study of the
M79 and M86 bus routes has found that NYC Transit's over-sized articulated
buses had more crashes than regular transit buses.
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