Groups Take MTA to Court: Ask
for New West Yard Process
Four groups today filed a lawsuit seeking to have the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority rebid its Hudson
Yards property to get more funding for the transit system.
Lettiere Brings Down the House
Speaking at to an audience of transportation experts
at the state-wide TransAction conference in Atlantic
City last week, NJ Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere
delivered a fiery keynote address outlining DOT’s
embrace of transportation reform principles and the need
to refinance the state’s transportation system.
Constructions Crowd Beguiled by the Mayor's Stadium
Where were the construction unions, numerous city elected
officials and Al Sharpton when the Second Avenue Subway
was sinking in Albany over the past several months?
West St. Tunnel Unmourned
Most downtown-watchers greeted last week’s announced
demise of the plan to put West St. in a tunnel adjacent
to the World Trade Center memorial site as the end of
a conflict that distracted from broader site planning
issues.
Good News for Chinatown
More good news downtown is the announced reopening of
Park Row, alongside NYPD headquarters, to pedestrians
and buses.
New York New Visions
Correction on last week's edition.
MTA Grants Stay for Station Booths
NY1 News recently reported that the MTA has decided not
to physically demolish the 164 subway station booths
it is in the process of closing.
MOM Not Ready
Correction on last week's edition.
