Back in 2006, MTR published an article on the tri-states’ “race to bus rapid transit” (MTR # 542). At the time, the “race” could have been described as the parable of the tortoise, the turtle, and the snail, but there was one clear laggard: ConnDOT. The agency’s 9.6-mile Hartford-New Britain Busway, which ConnDOT estimates [...]
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Will Albany tell the region’s transit riders to “drop dead,” or come to their rescue? March 25 is the point of no return, when the MTA will prepare the system for service cuts and higher fares. According to media reports, the State Assembly and many State Senators are backing a variant of [...] In policy work, deaths and injuries often become mere statistics. But they aren't. The following is a first-person account from TSTC New Jersey Advocate Zoe Baldwin: On February 18, Dan Valle was killed while riding his bike in Brooklyn. Just 26 years old, he was an artist, activist, teacher and friend, who touched [...] The Connecticut Transportation Committee is set to hear testimony on a “Complete Streets” bill (SB 735) on Wednesday, March 11 at 10 am at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. The legislation requires that any funds received by ConnDOT or municipality for “the construction, resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation or relocation of highways, roads or streets, [...] For bikers in NYC, the bridges often contain real hazards in inclement weather: rain, snow, ice, and salt. Transportation Alternatives now has a two-wheeled equivalent of radio traffic bulletins – the nycbridgereport Twitter feed available at http://twitter.com/nycbridgereport. Rideability updates, like the one above, can be sent to your Twitter account or to your phone. Finally, [...] Bauer. The Tri-State Transportation Campaign is pleased to welcome Janine Bauer to our Board of Directors. Janine is an experienced transportation and environmental attorney at Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein, and Blader in Lawrenceville, NJ. MTR readers will remember Ms. Bauer as TSTC’s first executive director. She ran TSTC for a decade, from 1993-2003, establishing [...] On Friday NY State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith said that a plan to add tolls to the East and Harlem River bridges “warrants strong consideration.” He also announced a website where the Senate would solicit ideas on how to solve the MTA’s funding issues. That website, www.nyMTAideas.org, is now live and taking [...] NYC express bus riders can cover the entire cost of a month's commuting with pre-tax dollars. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (a.k.a. the stimulus) provides a benefit that could save transit riders over $1,000 a year. The federal bill signed into law last month raises the amount of pre-tax income an employee [...] |
 
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