Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #416, May 19, 2003
The ruling by NY State Supreme Court Justice Louis York last week, directing the MTA to roll back its recent transit fare increases, overshadowed an MTA announcement of steps it says it will take to increase agency transparency and public understanding of its actions.
Groups Stake out Route 92 Positions
As expected, debate is heating up with the approach of publication of a draft environmental impact statement for the NJ Turnpike Authority’s plan to build Route 92, a new-alignment highway across southern Middlesex County.
Full-Build Financial Commitment Key to Second Avenue Subway
There were few surprises in testimony at recent hearings regarding the draft environmental impact statement for the Second Avenue subway...
A City Council Study on Tolls?
A new newsletter from NYC City Council member Alan Gerson (lower Manhattan) addresses the issue of East River Bridge tolls and the Council.
To Save Pedestrians in New Jersey
After news in April that pedestrian deaths in New Jersey were up 37% in 2002, NJDOT Commissioner Jack Lettiere voiced his dedication to doing more about this problem.
Stories of NYC Transit oversights in the elimination of the transit token are popping up in different corners of the city’s transit system.
The Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board voted last week that Bridgeport should receive up to $7 million in state funds to host a Long Island Sound container barge feeder service. The decision comes after a year of strategy board debate and several years of competition between the cities over the barge facility.
New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Joseph H. Boardman recently announced that Subi Chakraborti will be the new Acting Regional Director for New York State DOT’s Long Island office (Region 10)...
Suffolk Presses Highway Expansion
Despite strong public opposition, Suffolk County posted a legal notice last week indicating that it was moving ahead to acquire land for the widening of Portion Road in Lake Ronkonkoma.
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