• Public
Unimpressed by "Community-Sensitive" Plan
to Widen NY 347
At two "info-mercial" style public hearings on NY State DOT's new plan
to widen Route 347 in Long Island's Smithtown and Brookhaven, citizens said the
cost and disruption the plan would enta...
• NJ Trust Fund Reauthorization: Senate
Sticks With Blank Check Approach - But Democrats
Back Reform Measures
A bill to renew the Transportation Trust Fund in New
Jersey was released from the Senate Budget and Appropriations
Committee unanimously yesterday, but its accompanying
resolution to constitutionally ...
• Vanderhoef Raises Big T-Z II Questions
Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced
at the I-287 Task Force public meeting in Suffern
last Tuesday that he supported calls for an independent
review of the need for a replac...
• South Jersey Light Rail's Funding Lesson
Construction began last week on a light rail line that
will parallel the Delaware River between Trenton
and Camden, utilizing Conrail tracks for most of
its 34-mile route. Observers speculate the s...
• NYC Traffic Calming News
The May-June Transportation Alternatives magazine is
packed with important updates and recommendations
on efforts to make New York City more pedestrian-
and bicycle-friendly. Among the notable ...
• S.I. Bus Depot in the Works
Transit provisions for Staten Island in the MTA five-year
capital plan include funding for construction of
a long-awaited third bus depot and a $6.6 million
ear-mark for 6-10 new Park-and-Ride ...
• Rail Tunnel Worth a Million Trucks
Representatives of the NYC Economic Development Corporation
presented preliminary findings of the group's Cross
Harbor Freight Movement Major Investment Study to
Staten Island's Community Board 1 earl...
• Army Corps Raps Second Jersey Road Project
Last week, the South Jersey Transportation Authority
agreed to pay a land conservation group $225,000
to avoid facing an administrative trial for numerous
violations of federal environmental permit...
• Bulldozers Target Another City Highway
On April 26th, Councilman Bill Saundercook, chair of
the Toronto City Works Committee, knocked down a
piece of the eastern segment of the Gardiner Expressway
to signal the beg...
