Report Details NJTransit Budget Woes
A report released last week by the Rutgers University Transportation Policy Institute describes NJTransit as on a collision course with financial crisis.
Parkway
Begins Congestion Pricing
E-ZPass users on the Garden
State Parkway will get a break starting today when tolls at barrier plazas
during peak hours drop to 33 cents, and to 30 cents off-peak.
NY
Transit Crisis Hits Suffolk
The Suffolk County legislature
approved a resolution last week that directs Suffolk Bus to prepare for
an across-the-board 25-cent fare hike to $1.75.
East
River Bridge Toll Discussion Continues
Mayor Giuliani's imposition
of the carpool rule for entrances to Manhattan below 60th Street
has stimulated debate about how to permanently reduce congestion.
S.I.
Right-Turn Rule on Governor's Desk
New York Governor George
Pataki has until November 21st to decide whether to sign or veto it a bill
that would permit right-turns on red lights in Staten Island.
NJ
Bypass Activists Ask for Hearing Delay
Environmental groups wrote
to Acting Governor DiFrancesco last week asking for the delay of the start
of the "scoping " process for the controversial Millstone Bypass.
Use
of L.I. HOV Lane Flat Over Last Year
Growth in the use of the
Long Island Expressway carpool lane increased by less that 1.5% from 2000
to 2001, according to counts by the NY State Dept. of Transportation.
Amtrak
Politics: New Phase or Business as Usual ?
The Amtrak Reform Council
said this week that the railroad's finances are deteriorating.
Larger
US Transit Benefit on Horizon
The monthly allowance for
a federal program that allows employees of participating companies to purchase
transit tickets with pre-tax income will increase to $100 in 2002.
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