• Shaky NY Transit
Capital Plan Approved - Fare Hike on the Horizon?
On
Thursday, the New York State Legislature passed bills
cementing the $17.1 billion mass transit capital program
the financing of which has been criticized by the region's
major newspapers and promin...
• NJ Trust Fund Reauthorization: Spending Accountability Hangs in Balance
Despite
extensive efforts by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign to educate NJ State
Senators of the importance of building clear policy and spending goals into
the pending reauthorization of the Ne...
• Trust Fund Should Promise Transit Projects
On Tuesday, representatives
of transit groups called for NJ Trust Fund renewal legislation that would ensure
transportation spending is directed towards advancing
NJTransit capital projects. Members ...
• CT Budget: No Traffic Relief in Sight
The Connecticut Legislature
on Tuesday approved a $12.3 billion annual budget that included a 7-cent
per gallon reduction in the state gas tax. Other adjustments
to last year's biennial budget...
• Tappan Zee II a Villain at Public Meetings
At public information meetings
convened by the NY State Thruway Authority and the MTA in White Plains
and Nyack this week, those opposed to or very wary
of the proposal to replace the Tappan Zee Br...
• Rockland Considers Divorce from MTA
This week, the Rockland County
legislature unanimously approved a resolution asking the state to give the
county authority to withdraw from the MTA.
• Nadler, NYC Reps Urge Change at NYMTC
A recent letter from a delegation
of NYC Congressional Representatives to U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney
Slater calls on US DOT to direct the NY Metropolitan
Transportation Council (NYMTC) to:
• Small Strides Toward Smart Growth in NJ
With a bow toward the State
Development and Redevelopment Plan, Governor Christie Whitman suspended construction
of a new Division of Revenue building in suburban Hamilton
Township last Thursday, and ...
• Giuliani Moves to Reduce Trash Trucking
This week, Mayor Giuliani
proposed and many City Council members have supported a new solid waste export
plan that will rely on rail and barges to move garbage out
of the city. Many advocates ...
• Correction: Apple Tours Still Spewing Soot in a Neighborhood Near
You
Last week, based on an April 26th Daily News item,
we reported that the City's Department of Consumer
Affairs had "moved to revoke" Apple Tours'
sightseeing license in response to evi...
