Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #515
December 6, 2005
Bias Still Shows in Tappan Zee Transit
A new Tappan Zee Bridge is still years away for Tappan Zee commuters, despite a recent news cycle about the sorry state of the span. But at least the Thruway Authority and Metro-North have settled on six alternatives, with four including new transit service along the corridor.
Critics of the proposed Route 92, a 6.7 mile, four lane NJ Turnpike spur proposed for one of central New Jersey’s most environmentally sensitive areas, received good news earlier this week when the New Jersey Turnpike Authority removed the project’s funding.
Staten Island Busway: Transit Lane Bait and Switch
The paint had not even dried on the new bus lanes along the eastern end of the Staten Island Expressway before politicians began to pressure the NY State DOT to open them to car traffic.
NYC Bus Innovation: Will Result Be Rapid?
"Bus rapid transit” projects being contemplated by NYC Transit and the NYC DOT will apparently feature bus lanes running alongside parking lanes, with stops that bulb-out through parking lanes so that buses do not have to pull aside to make stops, according to a recent presentation by NYC Transit.
Three Faces of MOM Have Long History
We recently reported (MTR #513) that legislators from Middlesex County supported the Lakehurst-Monmouth Junction alignment of the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex rail line, and that Ocean and Monmouth officials support the Lakehurst-Matawan extension. But the opposite is true.
Not long ago, we urged readers to suggest new names for the project to build an additional commuter rail tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan. We hoped for a moniker more descriptive than the planner-ish ARC (Access to the Region’s Core) and less off-putting and awkward than the typo-like THE (Trans-Hudson Express) Tunnel.
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