The Bush administration’s 2009 federal budget released earlier this week includes significant new funding for New York City region transit. $211 million is slated for the East Side Access project and $277 million for the Second Avenue Subway. The administration also budgets $54.1 million for the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and $14.7 million for further study [...]
Transit advocates lost a great champion when George Warrington passed away on December 24th. Warrington, 55, enjoyed a well-deserved reputation as a national leader in mass transit development and operations, with more than 30 years of experience in the transportation, transit and railroad industries.
Warrington is credited with turning NJ Transit into one of the [...]