Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #504
June 24, 2005
Will Albany Decamp Without Transit Plan?
The NY state legislature adjourned today without the state’s MTA Capital Program Review Board acting to approve the transit umbrella organization’s 2005-2009 capital program. While the legislature’s adjournment does not preclude action by the board this summer, it may make it more difficult to convene its members. The review board is a four-party panel made up of representatives of the governor, NYC mayor, state senate and state assembly.
NJ Transportation: Out of Money, Period
New Jersey’s transportation establishment has its work cut out for it if a recent Asbury Park Press editorial is at all reflective of public thinking about the state of transportation finance in the state.
Its been over five years since the Port Authority and MTA announced plans to integrate their card system (MTR # 244), but such a system is now close to reality.
The new Yankee Stadium will provide fewer seats — dropping from just under 57,000 in the existing stadium to 51,800-54,000 — but nearly twice as much parking as the current set up, up to 11,000 total spaces. The plan obviously sets up a more car-dependent and suburban-focused facility overall (the seats-to-parking space ratio will change significantly from 9.5 to around 5).
Fighting Transit in Nassau County
Prospects for a third track along the LIRR Main Line were met with vociferous opposition by officials and residents of the village of Floral Park in Nassau County.
T-Z Bridge: Two Dimensional Gridlock
As safety conditions on the Tappan Zee worsen, the environmental review of replacement options for the bridge remains stalled.
Transportation Conference Committee Faces Host of Issues
The Congressional conference committee to develop a transportation funding law to succeed 1998’s TEA-21 is now at work, nearly two years after TEA-21 formally expired (a series of continuing resolutions have kept federal aid flowing to states and transit systems).
Immediately following the start of major deck replacement on the Whitestone Bridge, the MTA announced it would begin to enforce restrictions prohibiting trucks over 80,000 pounds from crossing the span.
| 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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