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This week, the Connecticut General Assembly passed lockbox legislation restricting monies in the Special Transportation Fund for transportation purposes. | Photo: CTPost.com On Monday night, the Connecticut General Assembly narrowly approved the two-year $37.6 billion state budget for fiscal years 2014 and 2015, which transfers nearly $110 million from the state’s dedicated Special Transportation Fund into the [...] Ride supporters convened at the intersection of notoriously dangerous Queens Boulevard and Jackson Avenue to recognize “all those whose deaths never made the news.” | Photo: NYC Streets Memorial Project Ride supporters join in a ceremonial “bike lift” at a memorial site for an unnamed cyclist on Flushing Avenue and Franklin Avenue, [...] The Rockaway Beach Branch ROW. | Photo: Friends of the QueensWay For the past five decades, no one paid much attention to the remains of the abandoned railway that used to run the Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch, that is, until recently. This vacant 3.5-mile right-of-way (ROW) between Rego Park and the Rockaways, which last [...] Connecticut motorists support tolls, but only if the revenue they generate goes toward maintaining transportation infrastructure, not the State’s general fund. | Photo: nj1015.com The majority of Connecticut voters support the return of tolls on state highways — under certain conditions — according to the latest poll from Quinnipiac University. While 58 percent generally oppose [...] Inadequate pedestrian crossings at intersection of Jericho Turnpike and Depot Road, one block west of a pedestrian fatality. | Photo: Ryan Lynch. A newcomer among the top three Most Dangerous Roads for Walking in the region is in need of some serious attention. Jericho Turnpike, with 15 fatalities between 2009 and 2011 (10 in 2011 alone), [...] A group ride hosted by WE Bike, a New York City women’s bicycling community that rides together regardless of speed, skill and riding style. | Photo: We Bike NYC Women represent a crucial majority for the future of biking. According to the 2012 American Bicyclist Survey, 60 percent of bicycle owners aged 18-27 are [...] If a deal isn’t reached, sequestration could stall several projects in the region, including the Second Avenue Subway. | Photo: MTA Looming federal spending cuts will put many transportation projects in peril unless President Obama and Congress can reach a compromise by this Friday. Also known as the “sequester,” this automatic cut of $85 [...] Central Brooklyn faces transportation and land use challenges. Tri-State Transportation Campaign — in collaboration with the Office of New York City Council Member Letitia James, the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council, the Park Slope Civic Council and the Boerum Hill Association — will be hosting a panel discussion on the BK Gateway Vision [...] The fiscal cliff tax discussion is complex but there is one relatively simple matter that can be addressed in the next few months: improving the little known commuter bike tax benefit. Buried deep in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act passed by Congress in 2008, is a benefit for those who commute to work by [...] For three days next week, October 24-26, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) and NYU’s Rudin Center are hosting a conference that seeks to “forge a common vision for cities to achieve national objectives for healthier, more sustainable, equitable, and efficient cities of tomorrow.” The transportation officials, planners, architects, designers, and urbanists [...] |
 
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