More Support Seen for Hartford-New Britain Busway

This Regional Plan Association graphic shows planned busway service (This inset does not show additional service from Waterbury and Bristol; click to view larger on Regional Plan Association's website).

As the process to secure $275 million in federal New Starts funding for the Hartford-New Britain Busway draws to a close, advocates of the [...]

Gov. Christie Officially Cancels Access to Region’s Core Project

[Update: The day after canceling the project, Gov. Christie met with USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood and agreed to a further two-week review of the project and a study of options which could save the tunnel. More on this to come.]

It’s official: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has canceled the Access to the Region’s [...]

Riders, Students and Advocates Mourn the Potential Death of LI Bus

Bus riders, students, and advocates mourned the potential passing of Long Island Bus. (Speaking is Eric Alexander of Vision Long Island.)

Long Island Bus riders, students and members of various advocacy groups gathered at the Mineola Intermodal Center today to mourn the potential passing of LI Bus.

In the face of historic underfunding [...]

End of the ARC Tunnel?

The existing two-track rail tunnel connecting New Jersey and NYC is at capacity.

Multiple news sources have reported that NJ Governor Chris Christie will either cancel or indefinitely delay the Access to the Region’s Core rail tunnel between New Jersey and NYC. If true, this would be a devastating disinvestment in the state’s [...]

Nation’s Transit Systems 1% Closer to Being Fixed

The roof of the 181st St. subway station in NYC collapsed in 2009, another sign of the poor state of the nation's transit infrastructure.

Yesterday USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood announced the awarding of $776 million to transit agencies looking to repair and modernize buses, bus facilities and equipment. Funding from the Federal Transit [...]

Connecticut Complete Streets Policy Now in Full Effect

Connecticut's complete streets law should lead to greater investment in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure.

Nearly a year and a half after it was signed into law by Governor M. Jodi Rell, Connecticut’s Complete Streets Law goes into full effect today. The law, the first of its kind at the State level in the tri-state [...]

Save the Date: Tri-State’s Annual Benefit is November 11!

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Please save the date for the Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s 2010 Annual Benefit, the evening of November 11 in Manhattan. We will be honoring U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and the Empire State Transportation Alliance.

Sen. Gillibrand (invited) is the junior senator [...]