• Local Leaders Mobilize
vs. Rush for TZ II
In a letter published in Thursday's
NY Times, Greenburgh Town Supervisor and candidate
for Congress Paul Feiner urged that all cheaper, short-term
alternatives to reduce traffic on the Tappan-Z...
• Linking Transport, Land Use in Hudson Valley
The first of three public
workshops held as part of the Route 303 Sustainable Development Study will
take place on Saturday, May 6th in Sparkill, New York (see
calendar). A joint project by the Town ...
• Reform NJ's Transportation Trust Fund
At the New Jersey state-wide "Trans-Action" conference
this week in Atlantic City, the buzz was about pending
renewal of NJ's Transportation Trust Fund. The Trust
Fund must have new ...
• Skelos: MTA Should Adopt LI Bus Financing
NY State Senator Dean Skelos,
who represents part of Nassau County and is the State Senate's point person
on transit issues, announced Thursday he believes the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority sh...
• L.I. Civic: Traffic Calming, not Road Widening
In March testimony
responding to Suffolk County's plan to widen County Route 16 (Portion Rd.)
in Brookhaven, Affiliated Brookhaven Civic Organization (ABCO) president
Connie Kepert said expanding the ...
• Public Transit Ridership Up Nation-wide
According to figures released
by the American Public Transportation Association last week, over 9 billion
trips were taken last year in the U.S. on public transportation,
representing the highest n...
• NYS DOT Dangles Sheridan Removal Study
At a Bronx community meeting
Monday, the NYS Dept. of Transportation gave groups a taste of the agency's
conclusions of regarding the likely traffic impacts
of turning the Sheridan Expressway into par...
• Picture of an Eco-Port
Port advocates discussed visions for "green
port" development
at a recent meeting of a government/public working
group on harbor dredging, which has become increasingly
interested in transpo...
• Dump Diesel Continued: City Gives Stinking Tour Buses the Boot?
Last
week, the Daily News reported that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs moved
to revoke the sightseeing license of Apple Tours, the city's largest tour operator,
after bringing the license under review...
• Transit-Chek Gets Federal Mandate
In commemoration of Earth Day, President
Clinton issued an executive order last week requiring all federal
agencies in the Washington, DC area to begin providing
tax benefits to mass transit...
• Correction: Hudson-Bergen Rail Funding
Last week's MTR mistakenly
reported that funding is still needed to extend the Hudson Bergen Light Rail
line to Hoboken Terminal. In fact, the segment from
Exchange Place to Hoboken Te...
