Subway Tunnel for LIRR Downtown
Link? Fuhgeddaboudit
Brooklyn elected officials warned against any attempt to appropriate subway infrastructure
for the Lower Manhattan-Jamaica/JFK Airport rail project under consideration
by the MTA, Port Authority and NYC agencies.
2nd London Bombings Ripple Through Region
Senator Charles Schumer says eligible uses for federal transit security funding
should be expanded to allow for more police presence in transit systems (see
MTR #505), as well as “infrastructure hardening” work.
Putting the Trust Back in Trust Fund
The Regional Plan Association report released July 11th in association with the
Tri-State Transportation Campaign, AAA, and Voorhes Transportation Institute
(see
MTR #505) identifies a set of major reforms the state of New Jersey must
enact to revitalize the state’s Transportation Trust Fund:
Meadowlands Can Begin Collecting Transportation Impact Fees
Thanks to recently approved legislation, developers in the 14 municipalities
surrounding the Meadowlands will have to pay impact fees to the New Jersey Meadowlands
Commission to help cover some of the burden new development could impose on the
already stressed transportation system.
G-Train Tussles
Fort Greene residents won a victory in June when NYC Transit reopened a G-train
subway entrance at South Portland Ave. According to the NY Times, the entrance
has been closed for 20 years.
City Claims Big Parking Increase Won't Cause More Yankees Traffic
Bronx residents voiced concerns about the transportation impacts of the NY Yankees’ proposed
new stadium at public meetings last week.
LIRR Third Track Project Survives
The MTA capital program approved by the NY State legislature includes the LIRR “Main
Line Corridor Improvement Project” fully funded. The project would add
another track to the Main Line roughly between Jamaica and Hicksville, and eliminate
several street-level railroad crossings which would reduce local congestion.
Anti-Rail Bill Morphs in Trenton
Legislation that would have put a one year freeze on all state funded short line
rail expansion plans was watered down by New Jersey’s Senate Transportation
Committee recently.
The High Cost of Free Parking Part II-The Problem with Zoning
The second in our serial look at Donald Shoup’s recent opus, The
High Cost of Free Parking.
TSTC Turns Ten-Save the Date!
The Tri-State Transportation Campaign will celebrate its 10th anniversary on
the evening of Thursday, September 29th, 2005.
