Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #503
June 14, 2005
The New York State transportation department has in recent years undertaken a self-transformation, hoping to better integrate major features of transportation planning and operations in the Empire State (MTR #488). Indeed, such a transformation was endorsed and spelled out in some detail in Trouble Ahead, a report the NY State DOT requested from a panel appointed in 2004 by then-commissioner Joseph Boardman.
...Better Transit Needed on Long Island
Starting today, the LIRR will be holding three public meetings for its Main Line Corridor Improvement project. The LIRR is considering the addition of a third track to the LIRR’s Main Line and eliminating five street level railroad crossing along a 11.5 mile corridor from Queens Village to Hicksville. The meetings begin the environmental review process.
Casting for One-Shots in New Jersey
According to reports by the Associated Press and Bergen Record, Acting Governor Codey is considering closing the state’s massive transportation deficit in the short term by raising the gas tax “temporarily” before leasing out all or parts of the state’s toll roads — the New Jersey Turnpike and/or the Garden State Parkway.
Crash Data: Newsday Wins in Court
The Associated Press reported this week that the NY State Court of Appeals has ruled that Newsday’s 3-year old freedom-of-information request to the State DOT for NY City’s and Long Island’s most dangerous intersections must be granted.
NJ Transit Meadowlands Plan: Any Riders Expected?
Calls for an examination of the transit needs and opportunities for the Meadowlands continue to go only partially heeded as plans for the Sports Complex continue to advance. A hearing on a Preliminary Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for a rail spur from the Pascack Valley Line to the complex will be held on Thursday (see calendar section).
Bicycling in London has increased dramatically in recent years. Local officials attribute some of the boom to the reduction in central city traffic by the city’s congestion charge of £5 (soon to rise to £8), and to long-term efforts to accommodate cyclists on city streets and roads.
In New York City, transportation officials are beginning to focus bike parking installations where they are most needed.
| 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 #503 printable format (PDF) file (requires Adobe Acrobat).
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