NJ Fare Increase: Public Process
Survives
Advocates and riders have staved off the worst elements
of NJ Transit's fare policy change.
Is Suffolk Needlessly Hiking Bus Fares?
County Executive Robert Gaffney and the Suffolk County
legislature have approved an increase in Suffolk
bus fares from $1.50 to $1.75,
Fare Hikes Spread Across NY State
As predicted by NY State transit watchers, formal fare
increase proceedings are underway in Buffalo, Utica
and Suffolk County and may begin in Albany and Syracuse.
Bloomberg to Reduce City Hall Cars
The Daily News reported Friday that Mayor Bloomberg
is considering a reduction in the number of official
cars assigned to City Hall from 70 to 50.
Smart Move for PATH
Closing in on an improvement long sought by transit
advocates, the Port Authority is developing a fare
collection system for MTA MetroCards and new "smart
cards".
2000 Census: Car Owners Still Minorty in New York
City
Newly released U.S. Census data show that 54% of New
York City households do not own or lease a motor vehicle
(down only 3% from 1990).
Catholics Against Sprawl
In Connecticut, the Catholic Church has initiated a
project to fight sprawl, defining the problem as
a social justice issue.
Transitions
News reports said Katherine Lapp, a top NY State criminal
justice official, was MTA Chair Peter Kalikow's top
pick to become MTA executive director.
Pols Want Better Service: Show Us the Money Says Agency
State legislators from Greenwich rapped ConnDOT for
doing too little to improve mass transit it CT's
coastal corridor last week.
Clarification
Last week, in our story about the NYC EDC's proceedings
to evict the Cross-Harbor Railroad from its First
Avenue Yard and other Brooklyn facilities, we said...
