MTA Needs $26.5 Billion, RPA
Study Shows
The MTA needs to spend nearly $19 billion for state of
good repair and normal replacement of parts, structures,
rolling stock and other infrastructure across its huge
mass transit system, and $26.5 billion overall to achieve
real progress on its major system expansion projects
- connecting Grand Central and the LIRR and beginning
the Second Avenue Subway - according to a new report
by the Regional Plan Association.
EPA Says Route 92 Plan is Flawed
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has overlooked less
environmentally destructive alternatives to New Jersey's
proposed Route 92 highway project, according to a letter
sent to the Corps this week by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
Rell's Reform Agenda?
Governor Jodi Rell was not in office a week before columnists
and op-ed contributors in the state's newspapers started
asking her for an overhaul of transportation policy and
planning.
On-Line Survey: Traffic Safety in North Jersey
In an effort to identify transportation safety needs
and concerns in the 13 counties, the North Jersey Transportation
Planning Authority is asking for input from residents,
community activists, and local planners.
Cross Harbor Railroad's Day in Court
On July 13, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated
a decision by the Surface Transportation Board that had
granted the NYC Economic Development Corporation's application
for the "adverse abandonment" of Cross Harbor's
rail operations at the Bush Terminal Yards in the Red
Hook section of Brooklyn - the case was essentially a
move by the city to toss the small railroad/barge operation
out of its NYC base of operations.
Long Island's Fatal Five
Following our story in MTR #465 about the most dangerous
roads in New York State, Newsday ran a column highlighting
the fact that the top five are all on Long Island. The
next day, the newspaper's editorial page responded by
saying that it was "time for traffic engineers to
minimize the risk of driving on these highways of death."
Citigroup Pledges Queens Subway Fixes
As part of its agreement to build a new $200 million
office building in Long Island City, Mayor Bloomberg
announced this week that Citigroup would construct an
escalator to better connect the G and 7 trains at Court
Square.
