Picture of the Week: "Better" Is In the Eye of the Beholder

This advertisement, which MTR spotted on the back of a New Jersey business journal (we won’t identify who took it out), just goes to show that “better” is a subjective word. The Route 4 & 17 Interchange project, pictured above, expanded both roads. Not long after the completion of the project, the nearby [...]

Picture of the Week: New Haven's Traffic Safety Swag Bags

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New Haven officials gave out some traffic-safety-themed goodie bags at a recent meeting attended by TSTC staff and others. TSTC’s bag bore the logo of New Haven’s Street Smarts traffic safety education program, which the city launched in October at around the same time its board of alders passed [...]

Long Island on the Issues: State Sen. Dean Skelos vs. Roy Simon (State Senate District 9)

Democrat Roy Simon is challenging Republican State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (also running on the Conservative and Independence tickets) in New York’s 9th Senate District which encompasses parts of the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County. [...] [...]

Long Island on the Issues: State Sen. Carl Marcellino vs. Matthew Meng (State Senate District 5)

Democrat Matthew Meng is challenging Republican State Sen. Carl Marcellino (also running on the Conservative and Independence tickets) in New York’s 5th Senate District which encompasses parts of the Towns of Huntington and Oyster Bay in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. [...] [...]

Long Island on the Issues: Assm. Harvey Weisenberg vs Michael McGinty (Assembly District 20)

Republican Michael McGinty (also running on the Conservative ticket) is challenging Democratic Assm. Harvey Weisenberg (also running on the Independence and Working Families tickets) in New York’s 20th Assembly District which encompasses the Southwestern sector of the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County. [...] [...]

Long Island on the Issues: Assm. David McDonough vs. Howard Kudler (Assembly District 19)

Democrat Howard Kudler is challenging Republican Assm. David McDonough (also running on the Conservative, Independence and Working Families tickets) in New York’s 19th Assembly District, which encompasses the Southeastern sector of the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County. [...] [...]

Long Island on the Issues: Assm. Earlene Hooper vs. Henry Conyers vs. Darren Bryant (Assembly District 18)

Democratic Assm. Earlene Hooper (also running on the Independence ticket) is facing a two-pronged challenge from Working Families candidate Henry Conyers and Republican candidate Darren Bryant (also running on the Conservative ticket) in the 18th Assembly District which encompasses the Village of Hempstead, Uniondale, and Roosevelt in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County. TSTC received no response from Mr. Bryant, but Assm. Hooper and the WFP challenger, Mr. Conyers, provided TSTC with completed questionnaires. [...] [...]

Long Island on the Issues: Assm. Michelle Schimel vs. Matthew Mitchell (Assembly District 16)

Republican Matthew Mitchell is challenging Democratic Assemblymember Michelle Schimel (who is also running on the Working Families and Independence Party tickets) in New York’s 16th Assembly District that encompasses the north and central area of the Town of North Hempstead on the north shore of Long Island. TSTC received completed questionnaires from both Assm. Schimel and Mr. Mitchell. [...] [...]

Long Island on the Issues: Assm. Bob Barra vs. Joseph Ferrara (Assembly District 14)

Democrat Joe Ferrara is challenging Republican Assemblymember Bob Barra (who is also running on the Conservative, Independence Party, and Working Family tickets) in New York’s 14th Assembly District that encompasses the middle portion of the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County. Assm. Barra said that he “does not complete questionnaires because [his] record speaks for itself,” but Mr. Ferrara provided TSTC with a completed questionnaire highlighting his stances on particular transportation issues. [...] [...]

Long Island on the Issues: Assm. Robert Sweeney (Assembly District 11)

Democratic Assemblymember Robert Sweeney (who is also running on the Independence Party and Working Families tickets) is running unopposed in New York’s 11th Assembly District that encompasses the western half of the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County. This district abuts Nassau County and includes the Village of Lindenhurst. [...] [...]