Current edition: Mobilizing the Region #517
December 22, 2005
We offer these observations on the experience of and public discourse around the Transport Workers Union strike.
North Jersey Plan Pushes Highway Expansion
The North Jersey Transportion Planning Authority's "Project Development Work Program," a list of projects in study and development phases, reflects the persistence of traditional thinking about traffic congestion at the local level.
Yankee Stadium Plan: Strike Two
Despite vigorous opposition from his constituents and Bronx Community Board 4, Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión signed off on the ULURP application for the Yankee Stadium redevelopment proposal on Thursday.
Meadowlands Traffic Plan: Create More Of It
At the recent press conference announcing plans for a new Giants-Jets football stadium, the NJ DOT unveiled its plan to deal with the congestion on local roads the stadium and the adjacent Xanadu recreational mall is likely to generate - add road capacity.
New York Agencies and Land Use - Do It!
Commenting in a recent Journal-News column, a New York State Dept. of Transportation official repeated the agency's over-tired mantra that "we don't do land use" in reference to the major mass transit and bridge project contemplated for the Tappan Zee corridor.
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