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With the Gateway Tunnel more than a decade off, trans-Hudson commuters need transit capacity beyond what the Lincoln Tunnel’s sole Exclusive Bus Lane (XBL), pictured here, can provide. | Photo: Port Authority of NY & NJ How do you transport more people between New Jersey and Manhattan when the existing tunnels are at [...] Cashless, open-road electronic tolling on New Jersey’s Garden State Parkway. | Photo: New Jersey Monthly Since 1999, TSTC has been pushing for the MTA, which operates seven bridges and two tunnels in New York City, to convert its congestion- and pollution-inducing toll booths to gateless, cashless, all-electronic, high-speed open-road tolls. In 2011, the MTA took a small step toward [...] Ratings on NJ Transit's second quarterly customer scorecard haven't changed much compared to the first scorecard. NJ Transit’s second quarterly “Scorecard” results are in, and they aren’t anything to brag about. The agency’s overall score rose from 5.2 to 5.3 on a scale of 1 to 10, which NJ Transit still describes as “satisfactory” or “acceptable.” [...] Ward. Multiple news outlets have reported that Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward will resign by the end of October, after 3 years of leading the agency. During his tenure, Ward kept agency budgets lean and took control of the World Trade Center rebuilding efforts. As Tri-State’s executive director Kate Slevin told the [...] September 29th, 2011 | Category: Port Authority | 6 comments
Crowds at NYC's Penn Station after a derailment on NJ Transit. Frequent delays on cross-Hudson transit hurt the region's productivity and quality of life. The passing of a relatively obscure bureaucratic deadline was another reminder of how badly improvements to the cross-Hudson transit system are needed. Yesterday the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, [...] Tri-State Transportation Campaign Executive Director Kate Slevin issued the following statement after the Port Authority announced steep fare and toll increases on the PATH rail system and its bridges and tunnels: Today, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey announced a fare increase of $1 on the PATH line and a toll [...] August 5th, 2011 | Category: Port Authority | 6 comments
If you are one of the 17,000 passengers coming into the George Washington Bridge Bus Station every day, your destination is about to see a facelift. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently announced an additional $3.2 million to upgrade the nearly half-century old bus facility in Washington Heights with 21 [...] by Kate Slevin
Ward. [Update 6/6: A spokesperson for Gov. Cuomo tells Crain's Insider, in its Friday edition, that "There are no plans to replace Chris Ward at this time."] An anonymously sourced story in Friday’s New York Post said that Port Authority executive director Chris Ward will be asked to step down after the 9/11 [...] May 31st, 2011 | Category: Port Authority | 12 comments
Limited capacity at the Port Authority Bus Terminal translates into congestion in New Jersey and on local NYC streets. An article in last week’s Wall Street Journal indicated a dire need to do something about the Port Authority Bus Terminal, which has reached its capacity, as TSTC has pointed out in reports and videos. But New [...] Ward. Crain’s New York reports that NY Governor Andrew Cuomo will keep MTA Chairman Jay Walder and Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward in their posts. That’s good news. Tri-State and other advocates had urged the governor to retain both leaders, both of whom have proved adept at cutting costs while continuing to [...] |
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