Last week, the Governors Highway Safety Association, which represents state road safety agencies across the country, released a report meant to call attention to a
Crain’s New York reports that NY Governor Andrew Cuomo will keep MTA Chairman Jay Walder and Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward in their posts.
The three major airports in the New York City metro region — LaGuardia, Newark, and JFK — handle about a third of all air traffic
The MTA has long been known as the region’s laggard when it comes to high-speed tolling. Virtually every other agency in the region that runs
A December study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that, well, there’s not much government accountability when it comes to how states spend federal
In November, Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch issued an eye-opening review of the state’s huge transportation funding challenge. As a call to action, Ravitch repeatedly cited
This morning, Gov. Cuomo announced he would nominate Joan McDonald to run NYSDOT. McDonald is currently Commissioner of CT’s Dept. of Economic and Community Development.
While a candidate, Governor Cuomo released an environmental plan — “Cleaner, Greener New York” — that embraced smart growth but was short on implementation specifics.
One of the first actions by the new Republican-led House last week was to pass a set of procedural rules that take transportation funding out
Budget. Budget. Budget. Reading the papers, one might think the budget is the only thing on Albany’s plate this year — and TSTC will be
Late last year, TSTC sent a letter to then Governor-elect Dannel Malloy outlining transportation priorities in Connecticut for 2011 and beyond. Much of the letter
In 2010, Gov. Jodi Rell’s administration made good on earlier promises to emphasize transit in Connecticut, even as the state went through budget challenges similar
