Last week, 15 days after the Senate passed a bipartisan, forward-thinking transportation bill (MAP-21), Congress stopped short of real reform, settling for a 90 day extension
On Monday, Tri-State joined United States Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and Congressman Albio Sires (D-Jersey City) in
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate marked a major milestone, passing MAP-21 (S. 1813), its bill to reauthorize federal surface transportation programs. MAP-21 maintains road, transit, and
Over the past week, the Senate’s transportation bill has burst out of gridlock and now appears close to passage. Meanwhile, House leaders have struggled to
Opposition has continued to mount against the House’s anti-transit, anti-safety federal transportation bill, to the point where House leaders admitted this week that the bill
Update: today, February 9, advocacy groups are urging Americans to call their Representative and ask them to oppose HR7. For help finding your Congressmember’s phone
Towns in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are planning for safer, more walkable streets, and now the Environmental Protection Agency is lending a hand.
Government officials and advocates across the tri-state area have been voicing opposition to the House transportation bill all day. If signed into law, the legislation
The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee is set to vote on the five-year federal transportation reauthorization bill tomorrow, but there are some serious flaws in
This week, the Alliance for Biking and Walking released its 2012 Benchmarking Report, and the timing is impeccable. As Streetsblog points out, the release coincides
