Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #463
June 21, 2004
New Jersey - Streamlining Sprawl?
Last week, it took just three days and no formal debate for the NJ legislature to pass a bill to make sweeping changes to project review processes in one third of the state.
Crunch Time for West Side Plans
New York environmental groups last week challenged a bill developed by Governor Pataki to speed redevelopment of the Jacob Javits Convention Center - and possibly construction of an adjacent football stadium - on Manhattan's Far West Side.
South Ferry Station Fix Good to Go
The logjam around NYC Transit's proposed renovation of the South Ferry subway station in lower Manhattan appeared to break up on Friday.
Sorting out Downtown Priorities
The Civic Alliance, comprised of city-wide and downtown organizations interested in Lower Manhattan's recovery, recently resolved to oppose a plan to put West Street in a tunnel where it passes the World Trade Center site.
Rowland Promises New Train Fleet
Governor Rowland announced recently that the state would buy 340 new rail cars - basically an entire new fleet.
MTA and NYC Private Buses: Countdown in the Dark
Little is known about how the MTA and NYC government are planning for the MTA's takeover of the city's franchise bus operation in a week's time.
One more chapter in the Route 92 saga has come to an end: another public comment period on another EIS for the Turnpike's proposed road project closed June 14.
| 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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