Business, Transit Groups Challenge
NYC Candidates
Joined by five former top city transportation officials,
groups called on NYC mayoral candidates to back a comprehensive
plan to improve transportation.
Franks Details Transportation Agenda
Last week, former Congressman and gubernatorial candidate
Bob Franks released a transportation agenda and sparred
over transportation issues in a televised debate.
New Urbanists Plot Fight Against Sprawl
Maryland Governor Parris Glendening outlined his state’s
efforts to promote smart growth at the annual Congress
for New Urbanism in NYC last week.
Meanwhile in Staten Island...
NY State DOT recently opened a new highway ramp off
of the West Shore Expressway that Maryland’s
smart growth policies would have prohibited.
NYC DOT Re-Shapes Truck Study
NYC transportation commissioner Weinshall has backed
changes to a controversial NYC truck routing study
supported by community groups and reformers.
Jersey City Vote is Likely Demise of Bergen Arches
Highway
The victory of Glenn Cunningham as the next Jersey
City mayor should put plans for a Bergen Arches Expressway
to rest.
CT Strategy Board in Limbo with Budget Vote On Hold
Legislators in Hartford leave reform bills to die as
the session ends with no budget agreement.
Amtrak Shows Signs of Trouble
Last week, Amtrak made moves to back out of a deal
with NYS DOT for high speed rail and petitioned to
mortgage Penn Station.
2001: an Info Odyssey
An NYC transportation planner compares state's resources
and struggles to do her job while maneuvering bureaucratic
hurdles to accessing public information.
