The Mother of All One-Shots
NJ Acting Governor Richard Codey is considering leasing
toll highways to private operators to infuse the deficit-ridden
state budget with new cash. Articles about the Turnpike
idea cited $10-20 billion as a possible lease price
(not counting the Garden State Parkway or Atlantic
City Expressway, which are apparently also under consideration).
Transit Hell
NYC Transit
leaders may have gotten the message that their five
year estimate for repairing A-C line subway signals
was unacceptable. But nothing has dented the agency’s
legendary incompetence in communicating service problems
and options to its riders.
Metro-North
Weathers Blizzard
Last winter’s railroad-that-couldn’t
managed to offer near-normal service following the
heavy snowfall of January 22-23.
Suffolks’s Crash Maps
Suffolk County has created
online maps that track traffic crashes that cause injuries
and fatalities. The map shows the locations, dates
and times of each crash.
Mayor Bloomberg Raps Pataki Transit Plan
Mayor Bloomberg
addressed New York transit construction needs last
week, asking Governor Pataki to devote more to projects
in NYC.
NY State DOT: Potholes, Payments Ahead
Funding
for NY State DOT capital projects in Governor Pataki’s
budget proposal is essentially flat. It will likely
preclude major projects or initiatives on the scale
of the L.I.E. HOV lane, which has been the Department’s
largest scale capacity project during the 1990’s
and 2000’s, and which may be completed next year.
Sharper Focus for Nassau Hub
With the support of business,
environmental and planning leaders, County Executive
Thomas Suozzi presented details of his vision for the
Nassau Hub last week. The Hub study, one of the region’s
most ambitious smart growth initiatives, seeks to densify
land use in central Namass transit projects.
Port Authority Budget: New Framework
Amid a tough
fiscal season for state governments, the Port Authority’s
2005 budget seems an island of relative calm. It includes
$1.7 billion in transportation spending, including
the start of construction for a permanent World Trade
Center site PATH station, new PATH train cars and various
airport and infrastructure upkeep projects.
