Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #446
February 9, 2004
Three of Four LIRR-Downtown Options Would Take Brooklyn Subway Lines
Three of the four options presented last week by Governor Pataki and the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. would displace subway trains from existing tunnels in order to create a Long Island Rail Road connection downtown.
NJ Looks to Extend Debt, With No Plan to Raise Revenue
Last week, Governor McGreevey floated a proposal to borrow $900 million to pay for road and transit projects in the next year.
New Transit Tunnel: Anything in it for Brooklyn?
There is some discussion in Brooklyn of using a LIRR-Lower Manhattan link to add needed transit capacity to the Brooklyn transit network.
New Jersey Pedestrian Deaths Ease
Preliminary data from the New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety indicates a substantial drop in pedestrian fatalities last year versus 2002.
Abuse Piles Up for CT Train Riders
Governor Rowland's proposed budget calls for a 5.5% fare increase for Metro-North New Haven Line riders.
Doctoroff Outlines Look at Downtown Brooklyn Traffic
The city is committed to conducting a comprehensive transportation analysis on Downtown Brooklyn, Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff told Brooklyn Community Board 2 in a recent letter about the Downtown Brooklyn Development Plan.
Feds Going Through the Motions
The U.S. Senate continued work last week on its version of a major transportation funding bill (to replace 1998's "TEA-21")..
Needed in Brookhaven: Cooperation by NYSDOT
According to Vision Long Island, on January 27th the Town of Brookhaven extended the Middle Country Road development moratorium for another six months.
Sprawl and the City, Episode 2 - Death of a Mall: Time for a Change?
The Daily News and NY Post reported recently that Wal-Mart is considering the former K-Mart site in the Caesar's Bay shopping center on the Shore Parkway for its first NYC store.
| Each week, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign publishes Mobilizing the Region, or MTR. MTR is a bulletin on New Jersey, New York and Connecticut transportation news and opinion from the perspective of advocacy for sustainable transportation. |
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