Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #489
February 7, 2005
Mobilizing for New York's Future
The Empire State Transportation Alliance (ESTA), a coalition of transportation, business, civic and labor organizations, invites you to a press conference and rally to kick off a campaign to build public support for fully funded five-year New York State transit and highway Capital Programs.
Pataki Budget Strengthens Stadium Critique
It’s worth considering the implications of Governor Pataki’s budget proposal, which pulls the rug out from under the MTA 5-year capital program, and the transportation assumptions in New York City’s West Side stadium environmental impact statement.
NYC Transit’s success in restoring C-train service is a relief for riders and transit managers alike. Hopefully, several positive developments can come from the recent troubles.
Bee-Line Prospects Up in State Budget
Governor Pataki’s proposed budget increases state contributions to Westchester’s Bee-Line bus by $7.7 million, according to the Journal-News.
Continuing news coverage of "Robo-trains" coming to the NYC subway system has conflated the issues of a modern signal system with one-person subway train operation. The fact is that the subway sorely needs the new signal system – it will allow for additional subway service in the future, as anyone who rides the rush hour L train can tell you is desperately required. The one-person train issue should be debated separately.
The Star-Ledger recently noted that over the past three years, New Jersey’s 227,000 daily train riders have enjoyed about $1.2 billion dollars in capital improvements, but that the half a million everyday bus riders have seen a far smaller investment in the same time — only about $300 million.
The NYPD recently released figures on 2004 traffic deaths, touting the lowest number of city fatalities since recording began in 1910 (292 in 2004 vs. 353 in 2003). What is happening elsewhere in the state? Good luck finding out.
| 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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