Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #466
July 19, 2004
MTA Needs $26.5 Billion, RPA Study Shows
The MTA needs to spend nearly $19 billion for state of good repair and normal replacement of parts, structures, rolling stock and other infrastructure across its huge mass transit system, and $26.5 billion overall to achieve real progress on its major system expansion projects - connecting Grand Central and the LIRR and beginning the Second Avenue Subway - according to a new report by the Regional Plan Association.
EPA Says Route 92 Plan is Flawed
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has overlooked less environmentally destructive alternatives to New Jersey's proposed Route 92 highway project, according to a letter sent to the Corps this week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Governor Jodi Rell was not in office a week before columnists and op-ed contributors in the state's newspapers started asking her for an overhaul of transportation policy and planning.
On-Line Survey: Traffic Safety in North Jersey
In an effort to identify transportation safety needs and concerns in the 13 counties, the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority is asking for input from residents, community activists, and local planners.
Cross Harbor Railroad's Day in Court
On July 13, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a decision by the Surface Transportation Board that had granted the NYC Economic Development Corporation's application for the "adverse abandonment" of Cross Harbor's rail operations at the Bush Terminal Yards in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn - the case was essentially a move by the city to toss the small railroad/barge operation out of its NYC base of operations.
Following our story in MTR #465 about the most dangerous roads in New York State, Newsday ran a column highlighting the fact that the top five are all on Long Island. The next day, the newspaper's editorial page responded by saying that it was "time for traffic engineers to minimize the risk of driving on these highways of death."
Citigroup Pledges Queens Subway Fixes
As part of its agreement to build a new $200 million office building in Long Island City, Mayor Bloomberg announced this week that Citigroup would construct an escalator to better connect the G and 7 trains at Court Square.
| 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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