MTA Will Take Over Franchise
Buses, City Subsidy Continues
Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Pataki, and MTA Chair Peter
Kalikow announced at a press conference that the operating
responsibilities of city-subsidized private bus lines
will be transferred to NYC Transit by July 1.
Tappan Zee Transit Relies on Smart Growth
The Tappan Zee Bridge replacement study released ridership
and cost estimates for various mass transit options crossing
a new Tappan Zee bridge last week.
Schumer: We Can Have it All
At the Regional Plan Association's annual conference
Friday, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer said he believed
New York could simultaneously construct several transit
packages.
Toll Policy up for Grabs in TEA-3 Conference
The House and Senate versions of the pending six-year
federal transportation authorization contain very different
treatments of highway tolling.
Events Make Case for Change of Course in CT
Following a long winter of commuter woe, Connecticut's
brain trust has begun again to examine alternatives to
sprawl that has produced ever-worsening traffic congestion,
and to transportation policy that has beggared mass transit.
2nd Avenue Stubway?
Last week, Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields
expressed disappointment with the MTA for not including
already tunneled segments north of 99th street in its
initial plan.
River Line Ridership on Track?
NJ Transit's new 34-mile light rail line which runs along
the Delaware River between Camden and Trenton has not
attracted droves of New jersey commuters quite yet, but
the most recent ridership numbers have shown that the
interest in the line is on the rise.
