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Bus lane cameras would be a major improvement over existing enforcement. New York City has big plans for speeding up buses, seeking to build on the success of the Select Bus Service on Fordham Road in the Bronx with new projects on 34th Street and First and Second Avenues in Manhattan, Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, [...] After a 25% increase in transit fares, NJ Transit fares will have increased by 68% since 2000. Over the last 28 years, transit fares have nearly tripled — while the gas tax has gone from 8 cents/gallon to 10.5. On Tuesday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie released his 2010-11 budget, closing a strongly worded [...] A new report from the Regional Plan Association, written in cooperation with Tri-State Transportation Campaign and NJ Future, makes it clear that New Jersey’s ability to expand and maintain its transportation network is at risk. “Spiral of Debt: The Unsustainable Structure of New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund,” shows how the state Transportation Trust Fund, which [...] As NJ Transit announced last week, transit riders are facing a 25% fare increase and service cuts on every train line and on buses across the state. These measures are so drastic because Gov. Christie slashed state support for NJ Transit this year and plans to cut more next year, though he has promised not [...] New Jersey Transit riders are facing a 25% fare increase and service cuts on every train line and buses across the state, the agency said today. The agency is readying this proposal because Gov. Christie cut state support for NJ Transit by 11% this year and is expected to make more cuts next year. These cuts [...] A typical view of what the 34th Street makeover would look like. NYCDOT has another daring project planned for Midtown: the transformation of 34th Street through the addition of a physically separated busway and pedestrian improvements. The changes should speed up buses in a congested crosstown corridor and provide some breathing room for pedestrians who [...] Over 40,000 New Yorkers signed petitions against service cuts, which were delivered to MTA Headquarters this month by NYC Council Speaker Quinn, Council Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca, and advocates. New Yorkers are mad as hell about plans to cut transit service, Access-a-Ride, and free NYC student MetroCards — public hearings across the MTA region [...] Public hearings on the MTA’s proposed service cuts begin tonight in Nassau and Westchester Counties, and will continue over the next week in the five boroughs and Rockland and Suffolk Counties. Background The MTA is proposing: Major service cuts to MTA subway, bus, and commuter rail throughout the region. These include cancellation of the M and W subway [...] According to a new Monmouth University poll, nearly all New Jersey residents believe that having money for transportation is important, and over 70% are concerned about the impending bankruptcy of the state’s Transportation Trust Fund, the primary source of funding for state transportation projects. But only half of state residents have heard anything about [...] |
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