Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #457
May 3, 2004
Building a Road to Build a Road
The hearing for the controversial Route 92 project is still a month away, but officials at the Army Corps of Engineers and NJ Turnpike already seem anxious to approve the new highway.
Pataki to Announce Options for Disputed Downtown-LIRR Plan
Lower Manhattan civic and mass transit advocacy groups urged Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg not to use the remaining $1 billion in 9-11 federal aid on a new LIRR link to Lower Manhattan.
Hearing Punches Holes in Xanadu Traffic Study
During a transportation and air quality public hearing for the New Jersey Meadowlands Xanadu project, the campaign testified that the traffic analysis of the project is terribly inadequate.
New Jersey - Transportation Funding Faces Political Gulf
At April's TransAction conference - New Jersey's annual statewide transportation gathering, the New Jersey gas tax was debated.
Brooklyn Transportation Study Closer
New York City's study of transportation implications of future downtown Brooklyn development could get under way in late spring or early summer, and come to a conclusion later this year.
Sidewalks Save Lives in Rockland County
Rockland County residents are the latest of the region's citizenry calling for a retrofit of streets designed with only cars in mind.
| 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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