After months of advocating for improved bike facilities at many of Metro-North’s most widely used stations, the Bike Walk Alliance of Westchester announced that improvements
Yesterday morning, House Transportation & Infrastructure Chairman John Mica outlined his transportation reauthorization proposal in a 16-page document titled “A New Direction.” Unfortunately for the tri-state region and arguably the rest of the country, that direction is backwards.
Last month, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council released a draft of its 2011-15 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The document compiles all transportation projects in
If you are one of the 17,000 passengers coming into the George Washington Bridge Bus Station every day, your destination is about to see a
Last week, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos released his 2010 year-end audit that showed the County ended the year with a $26.6 million surplus. In
The Complete Streets law to make roads safer for all has yet to be signed by Governor Cuomo. But NYSDOT Commissioner Joan McDonald has a
Legislatively, it was a surprisingly good year in Albany for sustainable transportation and smart growth issues. Six good bills successfully navigated the Legislature’s gauntlet, one
Last week, amidst the din in Congress over debt ceilings, budget deals and spending cuts, 25 senators spoke up for the critical role of transit
Recently, MTR walked Atlantic County’s Black Horse Pike, in southern New Jersey, to explore and document the conditions that make this road particularly dangerous for
The possible collapse of an agreement between Connecticut and its state employee unions has created tremendous uncertainty around the state budget. While the state employees’ coalition has
The prospect of a balanced budget in Connecticut is unclear now that an agreement with state employee unions appears at risk of collapse. But one positive
Late last night, New Jersey legislative Democrats released a budget which allocates funding for the Transit Village program, which helps towns support walkable, transit-oriented downtowns.
