After New York State DOT Commissioner Astrid Glynn announced her resignation in April, MTR outlined three broad priorities for the next commissioner: sustaining smart growth, bringing reform to the regional offices, and pushing the Tappan Zee Bridge project closer to completion. But reform shouldn’t stop just because NYSDOT doesn’t have a Senate-confirmed leader — [...]
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Long Island has the two most dangerous roads in the region for pedestrians, the Hempstead Turnpike and Sunrise Highway. Respectively, 15 and 12 pedestrians perished on the roadways between 2005 and 2007, continuing a long-term trend of Nassau and Suffolk Counties having some of the most dangerous roads in New York. But the numbers [...] NYC Transit tested a three-door articulated bus earlier this year, and has now ordered 90 of them. New York City Transit has selected a builder for bus rapid transit vehicles — and, like much of the MTA’s capital purchases, the choice will benefit upstate New York’s manufacturing economy. The transit agency has placed [...] In response to Governor Rell’s proposal to balance the budget by hiking bus service fares by 40% and rail fares by 10%, New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, Connecticut Speaker of the House Chris Donovan and Representatives Cameron Staples, Tony Guerrera, Toni Walker and Richard Roy as well as Transit for Connecticut, Tri-State Transportation Campaign [...] New Jersey announced the designation of its 20th transit village last week with the acceptance of the City of Orange’s revitalization plan. Now eligible for priority status for state funding, the City of Orange was awarded $100,000 as a part of its designation along with technical planning assistance. Orange's revitalization plan proposes creating [...] Levy needs to realize that a plan to widen County Route 58 would make the road more dangerous for pedestrians, transit riders, and cyclists. As counties prepared their transportation stimulus wish lists earlier this year, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign wrote a letter to Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy that urged him to “use [...] Members of the New York State Transportation Equity Alliance (NYSTEA), a newly formed coalition including TSTC, are in Washington today to advocate for federal operating aid for transit agencies. As MTR has previously discussed, transit agencies across the country are facing budget shortfalls resulting in service cuts and fare increases, which disproportionately fall on [...] Newark's redevelopment plan centers around NJ Transit's Broad Street station. Albert Einstein once said that “Today’s problems cannot be solved if we still think the way we thought when we created them.” And at the eighth annual Smart Growth Awards, held this week, NJ Future honored the leaders working to change the way [...] Public-private partnerships could have a big future in New York, particularly given the state’s financial situation. A “state asset maximization” commission appointed by Gov. Paterson released its final report this week, identifying several public projects where the private sector could play a significant role and recommending that a state board be created to oversee [...] |
 
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