Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #496
April 18, 2005
Groups Take MTA to Court: Ask for New West Yard Process
Four groups today filed a lawsuit seeking to have the Metropolitan Transportation Authority rebid its Hudson Yards property to get more funding for the transit system.
Lettiere Brings Down the House
Speaking at to an audience of transportation experts at the state-wide TransAction conference in Atlantic City last week, NJ Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere delivered a fiery keynote address outlining DOT’s embrace of transportation reform principles and the need to refinance the state’s transportation system.
Constructions Crowd Beguiled by the Mayor's Stadium
Where were the construction unions, numerous city elected officials and Al Sharpton when the Second Avenue Subway was sinking in Albany over the past several months?
Most downtown-watchers greeted last week’s announced demise of the plan to put West St. in a tunnel adjacent to the World Trade Center memorial site as the end of a conflict that distracted from broader site planning issues.
More good news downtown is the announced reopening of Park Row, alongside NYPD headquarters, to pedestrians and buses.
Correction on last week's edition.
MTA Grants Stay for Station Booths
NY1 News recently reported that the MTA has decided not to physically demolish the 164 subway station booths it is in the process of closing.
Correction on last week's edition.
| 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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