A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in tri-state transportation news.
Winners
White Plains, NY — The City of White Plains, which has the largest daytime population of any community in Westchester County, adopted a Complete Streets policy last week.
Victor Dover, Richard Hall and John Massengale — Dover, Hall and Massengale, leaders in the practice of pedestrian-friendly street design, are circulating a petition asking the US Department of Transportation to separate standards for urban and suburban roads.
Town of Huntington, NY and Renaissance Downtowns — The Town board unanimously approved a community-driven transit-oriented development plan at Huntington Station with Renaissance serving as master developer.
Losers
Connecticut State Representatives Mike Alberts, Rob Sampson and Richard Smith — The trio of Republicans were the only House members to vote against a vulnerable user bill in committee, preventing the bill — which passed in the Senate with unanimous support — from receiving a vote on the House floor.
1,262 New Jersey drivers — In the first two weeks of Operation 130 Safe Passage, an effort by Burlington County and state law enforcement to curb speeding on Route 130, 1,262 tickets and warnings were issued to drivers on New Jersey’s most dangerous road for pedestrians.
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