Last week, Connecticut’s state unions overwhelmingly ratified a cost-saving deal that will avert thousands of employee layoffs and Governor Malloy’s “Plan B” budget, which would
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
USDOT announced today that it has released $745 million for two high-speed rail projects to improve service on the Northeast Corridor in New Jersey and New
[This post was modified on September 19, 2012] What’s the difference between NJDOT’s Final Transportation Capital Program for Fiscal Year 2012, made publicly available this
When Florida Governor Rick Scott rejected $2 billion in federal funding for high-speed rail earlier this year, NYSDOT Commissioner Joan McDonald was quick to the
At a press conference in May discussing the Christie Administration’s decision to offer approximately $200 million in financing, in the form of tax breaks, to
A few places in the U.S. get a lot of attention for their planning and transportation policy reforms. New York City’s PlaNYC, unprecedented in its
[UPDATE: Gov. Cuomo has signed the bill.] NY Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that he would sign a Complete Streets bill (S5411.A/A8366) that will make roads
Long Island Bus riders, students, local elected officials and various other groups are hosting a “People’s Hearing” on the privatization of Long Island Bus, since
In recent decades, New York City has done much to open up its waterfront with new parks and piers. A key part of that has
