The Long Island Index recently announced the 23 finalists from its “Build a Better Burb” competition. The competition challenged architects, urban designers, planners, students, visionaries
Last week, USA Today reported that Americans are paying “the lowest gasoline taxes since the early days of the automobile.” That’s right, it’s 2010, but
As noted again and again in MTR, New York State’s budget problems and an infrastructure in disrepair are threatening people’s livelihoods and perhaps even their
Today USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff announced the winners of two competitive grant programs totaling $293 million to help communities
One of the best opportunities for community members to speak in favor of the replacement of the Sheridan Expressway in the South Bronx with housing
In this week’s New York magazine, Robert Sullivan takes a look at NYC and the MTA’s plan for Select Bus Service, suggesting that the bus
Just when many advocates believed that time had run out for the Complete Streets bill pending in Albany, a major hurdle was crossed on Tuesday.
The Port Authority wants to be more bike friendly and we have the perfect place for them to get started: install bike parking at the
In a statement today, Governor Rell announced that ConnDOT Commissioner Joseph Marie had submitted a letter of resignation and was leaving to “pursue long term
The public reaction was quick and furious to a concept design for the downtown Brooklyn section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that would cut a new
