Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #508
September 9, 2005
NYC: Gov't Car Potatoes Do Twice the Driving
A new study released by Transportation Alternatives shows that NYC bureaucrats drive to work at twice the rate of the city's general commuting population.
The New Orleans disaster casts a harsh spotlight on the dismal features of what passes for infrastructure, environmental and transportation planning in the United States.
Forrester Paints Himself into Transportation Corner
The politics of gas prices have caught New Jersey politicians between a rock and a hard place.
Congestion Pricing and the Candidates
Excellent commentary and the entire text of the exchange by Democratic candidates for NYC mayor over congestion pricing and East River bridge tolls at the first Democratic debate are online.
Feds Threaten NJ Transportation Aid
Federal transportation agencies are contemplating action that would halt the flow of U.S. highway and mass transit funding to New Jersey.
Gas price spikes sent politicians gyrating in several directions this week, but they generally called for irresponsible revenue cuts in exchange for good sound bites.
NYC politicos seek to cash in on free Sunday parking.
End the Cowardice: Ban Cars from Central Park
Transportation Alternatives reports that all of the major Democratic candidates for mayor, with the exception of C. Virginia Fields, currently the Manhattan Borough President, support banning cars from Central Park.
A Union Win vs. Train Automation
In a recent ruling, an arbitrator ruled that the MTA policy of removing conductors from the Brooklyn-Manhattan L subway line violated the labor agreement between the MTA and the Transport Workers Union Local 100.
| 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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