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A new website for a Veolia-run Long Island Bus system suggests that service cuts are on the way next year, and declines to guarantee that fares will stay the same in 2012. Things are looking worse and worse for Long Island Bus riders, who face privatization of the system next year. Over the [...] Setzer. On Sunday, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano was able to display his 1969 Chevy Corvette at the county’s second annual “Cruise to the Show” parade and vintage car show. Bus riders didn’t have such a pleasant weekend, thanks to some ominous news from Veolia Transportation Vice President Michael Setzer. Setzer, who will [...] A concept rendering of a potential new East River esplanade and greenway. The last of three public forums on a proposal to finally fill in a gap in the East River Greenway on NYC’s East Side is this Tuesday. Elected officials organizing the forums — City Councilmember Dan Garodnick, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, State [...] [Update: The extension has passed both the House and Senate.] 700 days since the expiration of the last federal transportation bill and seven short-term extensions later, Congress is poised to pass (drum roll please) another 6-month extension. Yesterday, the House unanimously approved the eighth extension of SAFETEA-LU, which maintains current transportation spending levels through [...] A bicycle-sharing station next to a rail stop in Washington, D.C. New York City officials announced today that they had selected Alta Bike Share as the vendor for a bicycle-sharing system, with 10,000 bikes, that will launch next summer and initially stretch from 79th Street in Manhattan to Bedford-Stuyvesant and Windsor Terrace in [...] A crosswalk at Main Street and Stevens Avenue in Little Falls, NJ in 2008 (left) and today. Three years ago, Tri-State organized a walking tour to address safety hazards to pedestrians and cyclists in downtown Little Falls, NJ. The July 2008 tour, which was joined by ABC of Little Falls and other community members, was made possible [...] In today’s Star-Ledger, TSTC NJ Advocate Janna Chernetz and General Counsel Vincent Pellecchia write that the disruption caused by Hurricane Irene highlighted the importance of the transit network and the need to invest in the system. But in many ways, New Jersey is going in the opposite direction: Statewide, retail vacancies around transit hubs [...] New Yorkers will head to the polls tomorrow in a special election for a Congressional seat and several State Assembly seats. Here’s a look at the role transportation has played in four of them. [Update: The winners of the races below were Bob Turner in the 9th Congressional, Rafael Espinal in the 54th Assembly, [...] Hundreds attended a "People's Hearing" on Long Island Bus last month. The coming privatization of Long Island Bus could be bad news for county bus riders. Although Nassau County will hand over the system to international firm Veolia Transportation within 3 months (the privatization would be effective as of January 1), there are [...] Capital Bikeshare riders in Washington, D.C. When New York City launches a bike-sharing system next year, it will revolutionize the way people get around in the city. If the experience of other cities in the Northeast is any indication, residents, workers, and visitors have a lot to look forward to. A few hours [...] |
 
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