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Because the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield corridor runs alongside I-91, it may be eligible for funding through a federal highway program. | Image: nhhs.com While it is well known that Connecticut does not fare particularly well under MAP-21, the federal transportation law adopted last year, the state appears well-positioned to take advantage of a new provision allowing [...] State legislators and local officials and advocates learn about MAP-21. | Photo: Rohan Parikh, Parks & Trails New York. Legislators, staffers, local officials and advocates from across New York gathered in Albany last Wednesday for “Making the Most of Our Transportation Dollars,” an event focused on exploring what New York can and cannot do [...] Tri-State looked into the tax code to see if it incentivizes automobile use. | Image: Collateral Damage Complaints that transit is subsidized while roads “pay for themselves” have been proven again and again to be unfounded. But with taxes due in less than a month, Tri-State took a cursory look at available and recently-expired [...] 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 [...] At the beginning of the year, Congressional watchers were giving long odds against the possibility of a comprehensive transportation bill. The previous transportation law, SAFETEA-LU, had expired in 2009 and had been extended multiple times since then. But during the first half of 2012, Congress passed a new bill (MAP-21) – albeit one which funds the transportation [...] As Tri-State pointed out last year, nearly all LIRR, Metro-North, and NJ Transit rail riders (and significant numbers of NYC and suburban bus riders) pay more than $125/month in commuting costs–the old limit on the transit commuting tax benefit. The just-passed deal to avert the “fiscal cliff” contains an important provision that will [...] Hurricane Sandy caused billions of dollars of damage to transportation systems in the tri-state area. Pictured: A section of NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line after the storm. | Photo: NJ Transit. Congress has begun debating a $60 billion funding package that would rebuild and strengthen the tri-state region’s battered infrastructure in the wake of [...] Shuster. Congressman Bill Shuster (R-Penn.), who was confirmed this week as the new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, sent several signals that he may offer a more cooperative, less partisan model of leadership for the committee than his predecessor, Florida Rep. John Mica. Shuster told reporters yesterday that Congress needed [...] 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 [...] A Muni light rail station in San Francisco. Business groups in the Bay Area have supported laws requiring businesses to offer the federal transit benefit. | Image: Goodshoped35110s/Wikimedia Commons. A recent California law requiring many San Francisco-area businesses to provide federal transit commuting benefits will bring pocketbook relief to businesses and transit riders, [...] |
 
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