Groups Sue New Jersey to Enforce
Transportation Law
Five organizations filed a complaint regarding the Department
of Transportation's refusal to comply with the 2000 Transportation
Trust Fund Reauthorization Act.
NJ’s Stealth Bridge Bond
Awaits Hearing
To little notice, the Assembly Transportation Committee
approved the Local Bridge Bond Act of 2001 that would
allow $250 million in bonding to DOT on May 21st.
Fewer Station Workers = More Subway Crime
Neighborhood advocates, labor leaders protest MTA bid
to save money through reducing number of part-time
toll clerks on pay roll.
Albany Freeze: Transpo Tax Measures on Ice
Both the drive by the State Senate to rescind the state
sales tax on gasoline and tax easements on freight
railroads are held up by budget impasse.
Another Toll Holiday Bid, Careful Language from DiFrancesco
Acting NJ Governor Donald DiFrancesco issued an executive
order directing NJ DOT to prepare a plan for removal
of the "barrier toll plazas" on the Garden
State Parkway.
Dutchess Guide a Must-Read for Region
The Dutchess County planning department has produced
an extremely attractive, very user-friendly guidebook
to smart growth and transportation planning.
New Urbanists Coming to Old Gotham
Next week, June 7-10, more than 1,000 leading smart
growth professionals from across the country and
world will gather in NYC.
Traffic Calming Grants Poised to Hit the Street in
Nassau, Suffolk
A profile of one Long Island traffic calming project
recently awarded funds by the NYS DOT through the state's “Local
Safe Streets and Traffic Calming” program.
