Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #514
November 14, 2005
Governor-elect Jon Corzine faces the immediate problem of leading a state that has no money to invest in transportation.
City Transportation: What's the Big Idea?
The news follow-up to Mayor Bloomberg's reelection considered various "big ideas" for his second term.
New Yorkers Back Transportation Spending
According to unofficial results from the Associated Press, majorities in 18 of New York’s 62 counties favored Proposition 2, the transportation bond act. Across NY State, the measure passed with 55% voting yes.
Transit Benefit Comes to Nassau
Nassau County announced implementation of the TransitChek benefit program for county employees in mid-September.
Port Authority Faces Big Bills
Port Authority chair Anthony Coscia recently told reporters that a court decision allowing victims of the February 1993 World Trade Center bombing to seek gigantic damage payments could trigger a Hudson River toll increase and delay PA projects.
At a recent breakfast, New Jersey Turnpike Authority Executive Director Mike Lapolla discussed the large widenings planned for the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, and downplayed any role the Turnpike or Parkway might play in providing a long-term solution to the state’s overall transportation funding crisis.
Smart Growth Supporters Ascendant in Brookhaven
There may be hope for those wanting to link transportation and land use planning in central Long Island.
Newspaper to Candidates: Wake Up and Fix the Sprawl
Last month, the Hartford Courant editorial board produced a fact-loaded manifesto on the costs of sprawl in the state, and called on state and local leaders to finally tackle the issue.
Gunn on Firing by Amtrak Board
"The Board members came in this morning and asked me to resign. I refused, so they fired me,” Gunn said in a Nov. 9 interview with Railway Age Editor William C. Vantuono. .
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