Bloomberg Pledges to Ride Transit,
Attack Congestion
Republican candidate for NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg
released an eight-page plan for “untangling traffic” last
week.
Staffed Subway Stations Popular Issue for NYC Hopefuls
3 of the 4 Democratic candidates for NYC mayor convened
news conferences to oppose the MTA's plan to close
or reduce hours at subway token booths.
More Mayoral Musings
At a Municipal Arts Society forum on the future of
planning in NYC last week, mayoral candidates Mark
Green and Alan Hevesi held forth on transportation.
State of the Subways, 2001
The Straphangers Campaign released its annual ratings
of NYC subway lines last week showing improvement
in several key measures of service.
West Shore Rail Hearings Sharpen Positions
NJTransit hearings on proposals for new rail service
in Bergen County began last week eliciting a variety
of responses new and old.
Legislature OK’s NJ State
Employees for Transit Benefit
The NJ Senate unanimously approved Assembly bill A190
making state employees eligible for the Federal pre-tax transit
benefit.
Short Lines
New York US Senators win new funds for big MTA projects;
a bill to boost rail freight awaits a hearing in
the NY state legislature.
Suffolk Towns Propose Transit Hubs
Town officials from Babylon and Huntington have recently
put forward a worthy plan to reduce growing auto
congestion in the Route 110 corridor.
Reduction for Overweight Trucks Halted
The NY State Assembly rethinks A9230, a bill to increase
the permissible weight of trucks in NYC and reduce
fines for overweight trucks.
A Walking City? Not According to Project List
The NYC portion of the 2002-2004 NYMTC draft “transportation
improvement program" (TIP) contains few funds
for pedestrian projects.
