Campaign
Joins McGreevey Transition
Gov-elect Jim McGreevey
has named Tri-State Transportation Campaign executive director Janine
Bauer to co-chair his transition team's transportation committee.
The
New Transportation Charter
The Surface Transportation
Policy Project (STPP), national advocates for transportation reform, is
developing a broad U.S. alliance.
New
Transit Lines? Rapid Bus a Contender
Prodded by the Federal Transit
Administration, U.S. cities and suburbs are borrowing a page from Latin
America.
On
Long Island, DOT Chains Rapid Buses to Highway Expansion
The bus rapid transit conference
featured a video describing the Long Island Transportation Plan, a long
range study of Long Island traffic congestion strategies.
Groups
Urge Suffolk to Stop Fare Hike
Long Island pro-transit
groups have urged Suffolk County Executive Robert Gaffney to seek ways
other than a fare increase to fill Suffolk Transit's budget gap.
CT
Looks to Shore Line Through Service
The Connecticut DOT is considering
the integration of part of Metro-North's New Haven Line and Shore Line
East, the commuter rail service it runs east of New Haven.
Right-Turn-On-Red
is Dead
On November 21, Governor
George Pataki gave New York pedestrians and cyclists reason to gives thanks
when he vetoed the right-turn-on-red proposal for Staten Island.
Feds
"Uncertify" North Jersey MPO
In a November letter, the
Federal Highway Administration told the North Jersey Transportation Planning
Authority it was being "uncertified."
Fed
Funds for Freight Tunnel, Transit Projects
On Friday, the House approved
the 2002 transportation appropriations bill that a Senate-House conference
committee had recently settled on.
Second
Avenue Subway Engineering Begins
Last week, the MTA board
approved a $200 million contract for the preliminary engineering study
for the 2nd Avenue subway. The contract went to DMJM Harris.
Tri-State
Staff Notes
Kristen Fountain, the Campaign's
spokesperson and MTR co-editor over the past two years, has left
our staff to pursue other opportunities.
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