East River Tolls:
Mayor’s Least Controversial Budget Move? Succession At NJ DOT Region is Already U.S. Road Pricing Leader Road Building, Pricing Clash in the U.K. The Case for Road Pricing in Connecticut Paying for Mass Transit:
CT Should Look to Neighbors’ Examples Suffolk County's Road Doctors Praise for Mercer County Bike Path Job Opportunities at the Tri-State Transportation Campaign
In his Thursday budget address, Mayor Bloomberg said
East
River bridge tolls are a revenue-enhancing step “that we simply have to
do.”
Last week, Governor James McGreevey announced that NJ
transportation commissioner James Fox will become his chief of staff,
replacing the outgoing Gary Taffet.
Port Authority Can’t Afford Goethals Twin
After
revising its revenue estimates, the Port Authority says it is reducing its
capital program by $2 billion in the next five years.
Even as the city considers East River tolls, congestion pricing
is already a reality at its bridge and tunnel links to New Jersey, and
on the NJ Turnpike.
Gridlock Sam Urges Fresh Start For NYC Tolls
As Mayor Bloomberg was dropping his bombshell proposal for a
$2 billion commuter tax, traffic guru Sam Schwartz was unveiling a radical
toll-overhaul plan.
British transportation
policy makers are embroiled in debates that sound remarkably like some of those
in this region, even if the discussion seems more advanced over there.
The
CT Transportation Strategy Board is about a month away from the December 15
deadline for presenting its recommendations to Governor Rowland.
As
it considers a variety of new mass transit projects and service enhancements,
Connecticut needs increase the resources at its disposal to operate trains and
buses.
Concerned residents from Coram and Middle Island rallied in
the streets last week, objecting to the NY State Dept. of Transportation’s
refusal to restripe a portion of Middle Country Road.
A
public-private partnership will create a 20-mile bike route through
Lawrence and Hopewell in Mercer County.
The
Campaign
is accepting applications for two positions: Legislative Agent (based in
Trenton, NJ) and Northern New Jersey Advocate.
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