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The MTA is erecting a wall that will keep seawater away from tracks that bring A trains to the Rockaways. | Photo: Jim O’Grady/Transportation Nation We thought about crafting a fake April Fools’ Day story, but it turns out that A) we’re not that clever, B) others have already posted some really funny April [...] All things considered, it’s been a good couple of weeks for the MTA. They’ve been called “magical.” Newspapers are lining up to support more funding for the agency. The Governor is going to Washington to plead for more cash. And now, the once-reviled Authority has another ally going to bat for it: the NY Buiding Congress [...]
The BK Gateway area faces numerous land use and transportation challenges. Due to the ongoing relief efforts and resulting impacts of Hurricane Sandy, the BK Gateway Vision launch has been postponed until further notice. Tri-State Transportation Campaign—in collaboration with the Office of New York City Council Member Letitia James, [...] Yesterday, the nation’s sixth-largest transit agency, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) demonstrated that it is possible to reduce energy consumption, lower harmful emissions, and increase operating revenue all with a single project. At a ribbon-cutting event held in the Letterly Substation along Philadelphia’s busiest transit line, SEPTA representatives unveiled the “Wayside Energy Storage Project,” [...] Outgoing TSTC Executive Director Kate Slevin As many Mobilizing the Region readers know, I’m leaving TSTC this month to join the NYC Department of Transportation. Starting Monday June 25th, I’ll be an assistant commissioner for intergovernmental affairs serving as the agency’s liaison between the City Council, State Legislature and other government agencies. I’ve [...] With questions surrounding local control of bike-ped funding in America’s next federal transportation bill, the United States Department of Health and Human Services has stepped up and announced the availability of $70 million in grants for small communities. The grants could be used to pursue a variety of projects that make for healthier, safer places. From [...] Transportation for America, a broad national coalition focused on improving the country’s transportation policy (Tri-State is a member), kicks off its Transportation Vote 2012 webinar series tomorrow at 2pm EDT. The series aims to help individuals and non-profit groups understand how to use elections to effectively advocate for smart transportation policy that emphasizes maintenance [...] Governor Cuomo's proposed budget would aid the MTA and help upstate transit systems As legislators work to negotiate between three separate visions for New York’s 2012-13 budget—Governor Cuomo’s, the Senate’s, and the Assembly’s—transit funding has assumed its usual place as a political football. Meanwhile, across the state, riders, transit agencies, manufacturers, and construction [...] It is old news that congestion pricing was killed by the NYS Legislature this past April, but the idea that didn’t flourish here is quickly spreading to many other countries. As MTR has noted, the concept has been successful in London, Stockholm and Singapore (see MTR #s 311, 532, 562). That list looks to [...] USA Today recently highlighted another victory in the burgeoning national movement to tear down or relocate urban highways and create vibrant neighborhoods in their place: Oklahoma has a radical solution for repairing the state’s busiest highway. Tear it down. Build a park. The aging Crosstown Expressway — an elevated 4.5-mile stretch of [...] |
 
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