Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #492
March 1, 2005
Despite news reports last week, NJDOT officials told MTR last week that there are no plans to cut local aid in the fiscal 2006 transportation capital program.
MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow is right that finding funding for New York’s mass transit capital program is a lot more important than the fight over Mayor Bloomberg’s West Side stadium. But there are several intersecting issues worth keeping in mind, aside from the obvious fact that the more money the MTA can get for its Hudson Yards air rights, the more it will be able to devote to its 2005-2009 repair and construction plan.
At the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s February board meeting, MTA Executive Director Katherine Lapp’s made sobering comments about the possible future of the transit system. Noting a capital budget gap in the billions, said that "hard choices" would soon have to be made.
NY and NJ Top Air Pollution-Cancer List
A report released this week by the Boston-based Clean Air Task Force finds that New York and New Jersey rank 1st and 2nd respectively in cancer risk from diesel soot per capita (Connecticut ranked 13th).
CT Spending Focused Heavily on Highways, Says Report
A new report that provides an overview of transportation institutions, policy and funding in Connecticut shows, among other findings, that the Connecticut DOT is overwhelmingly emphasizes highway travel and investment, even though it has the institutional and funding flexibility to pursue a more balanced course.
Transit Says U.S. Selling NJ Short
As time ticks down to a serious transportation finance crisis in New Jersey, NJ Transit’s website has sprouted a new feature – a dollar ticker that shows the agency’s calculation of how much transportation aid New Jersey has lost because Congress and President Bush have failed to enact new transportation funding legislation.
Smoother Sailing for Williamsburg Bridge Cyclists?
Members of Transportation Alternatives and other cyclists have created a big stink over the difficult and dangerous riding surface on the Williamsburg Bridge bikeway, and NYC DOT now says it will review ways to fix the problem.
| 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. |
| MTR #492 printable format (PDF) file (requires Adobe Acrobat).
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