On January 15 at the Fulton St.-Broadway-Nassau station, the Straphangers Campaign held a funeral for the Z train, which would be cut if the MTA's "doomsday" budget is enacted. "The MTA is my conductor; the Z train shall not want (hopefully)," Straphangers senior attorney Gene Russianoff said. "Yea, though the Z walks through [...]
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Sheldon Silver wasn't New York State Assembly Speaker in 1991 – but he did oppose East River bridge tolls, and so did many other Assemblymembers who are still in office today. A recent TSTC office clean up found some documents that offer interesting (if repetitive) history lessons… Here’s some of the highlights: 1991: [...] Gov. Corzine, NJ's Congressional delegation, NJDOT Commissioner Dilts, and others spoke at an event on Jan. 14 announcing federal approval of the Access to the Region's Core project. The Federal Transit Administration okayed plans for the Access to the Region’s Core tunnel yesterday, bringing the historic project a step closer to fruition. Approval [...] Today the House Appropriations Committee released a summary of the House version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009, the proposed federal stimulus legislation. The announcement says the legislation will be considered in the next few weeks. On the transportation front, the proposed legislation includes $30 billion for highway construction and $10 [...] Representatives of the Empire State Transportation Alliance (including TSTC) at a press conference in Albany yesterday announcing a campaign to win transit funding. ESTA members also met with state legislators, urging them to adopt the recommendations of the Ravitch Commission. Public hearings on the MTA’s “doomsday” plan to raise fares and cut service [...] The recently released draft report of the MTA’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Sustainability contains tens of recommendations, most of which deal with greening the MTA’s infrastructure or responding to the consequences of climate change. (One which has been seized upon by the press is a “green MetroCard” program whereby transit riders could donate [...] A concept drawing for bus-oriented development at Central and Harding Aves. in White Plains. Westchester County continues to move forward on creating a BRT line on Central Avenue and is making concerted efforts to incorporate transit-oriented development at three sites along the route. Naomi Klein, the project manager for the study, gave an [...] If NJ Transit can continue to avoid major budget cuts, it may be able to avoid talk of fare increases. NJ State Treasurer David Rousseau announced $812 million in departmental budget cuts last week, citing significant drops in tax revenues across the board due to the worsening economy. “While our revenues are [...] Five months after the launch of Select Bus Service Bx12 in the Bronx, the Daily News reports, commuters continue to praise the time savings and travel ease of the new bus service, which uses pre-boarding fare collection and bus lanes to speed travel along the Pelham Parkway-Fordham Corridor in the Bronx: “It’s much faster,” social [...] The nearly 100-year-old Portal Bridge is frequently opened, delaying Amtrak and NJ Transit trains. In the waning days of 2008, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) approved plans to replace one of the most problematic rail bridges on the Northeast Corridor. Built in 1910, the Portal Bridge spans the Hackensack River between Kearny and [...] |
 
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