Metropolitan Transportation
and the September 11 Crisis: Fragility and Resilience
The metropolitan region’s transportation system
has not fully recovered from the destruction wrought
by last year’s September 11 attack.
Multi-Modal Transportation to the Rescue
The reopening this week of the 1 and 9 subway lines
downtown, and the fact that subway ridership has
not declined, attests to the huge effort mounted
by NYC Transit.
Jersey Commute Hardest Hit
But the mass transit links underpinning that relationship
are inadequate. Planners know this, but have
been hitherto unable to bring the problem to the
fore.
Not Missed: SOV Commuters
The Manhattan carpool rule showed that rush hour, single-occupant
motoring to the core of Manhattan is a luxury the
city does not need to indulge.
A Better Planning Environment?
Some of the new transport policies and capacity in
place in the region are at least in part a product
of much greater inter-agency communication and consultation.
A Call on McGreevey to Honor Sprawl-Fighting Pledges
Twenty New Jersey transportation, environmental and
civic groups sent a letter to Governor James McGreevey,
urging him cancel the NJTPA's plans to pursue capacity-adding
projects.
London Set to Launch Cordon Pricing
London – a city with traffic and congestion problems
comparable to New York’s – is about to
actually do something about it.
NJ's Crumbling Bridges: Town Gets Protection
Officials from Hillside Township in Union County, NJ,
have finally seen requested emergency action by NJ
DOT to protect against a crumbling bridge.
