Campaign Joins McGreevey Transition
Gov-elect Jim McGreevey has named Tri-State Transportation
Campaign executive director Janine Bauer to co-chair
his transition team's transportation committee.
The New Transportation Charter
The Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP), national
advocates for transportation reform, is developing
a broad U.S. alliance.
New Transit Lines? Rapid Bus
a Contender
Prodded by the Federal Transit Administration, U.S.
cities and suburbs are borrowing a page from Latin
America.
On Long Island, DOT Chains Rapid Buses to Highway
Expansion
The bus rapid transit conference featured a video describing
the Long Island Transportation Plan, a long range study
of Long Island traffic congestion strategies.
Groups Urge Suffolk to Stop Fare Hike
Long Island pro-transit groups have urged Suffolk County
Executive Robert Gaffney to seek ways other than
a fare increase to fill Suffolk Transit's budget
gap.
CT Looks to Shore Line Through Service
The Connecticut DOT is considering the integration
of part of Metro-North's New Haven Line and Shore
Line East, the commuter rail service it runs east
of New Haven.
Right-Turn-On-Red is Dead
On November 21, Governor George Pataki gave New York
pedestrians and cyclists reason to gives thanks when
he vetoed the right-turn-on-red proposal for Staten
Island.
Feds "Uncertify" North
Jersey MPO
In a November letter, the Federal Highway Administration
told the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
it was being "uncertified."
Fed Funds for Freight Tunnel, Transit Projects
On Friday, the House approved the 2002 transportation
appropriations bill that a Senate-House conference
committee had recently settled on.
Second Avenue Subway Engineering Begins
Last week, the MTA board approved a $200 million contract
for the preliminary engineering study for the 2nd
Avenue subway. The contract went to DMJM Harris.
Tri-State Staff Notes
Kristen Fountain, the Campaign's spokesperson and MTR
co-editor over the past two years, has left our staff
to pursue other opportunities.
