A recent report from the American Public Transportation Association shows that the impacts of the recession on public transportation agencies across the country have gone
Last year, Gov. Paterson vetoed NYSDOT’s proposed five-year capital program, calling the $25.8 billion plan “unaffordable” given the state’s fiscal condition. In his budget, he
After intense pressure from riders across the state, NJ Transit announced today that it will reduce its planned fare increase for local bus and light
The following is a first-person account by Tri-State’s new Albany legislative advocate, Nadine Lemmon. I joined TSTC last week, and will be based in Albany
157 pedestrians were killed on New Jersey’s streets in 2009, an increase of 14.6 percent over 2008 levels, according to a Tri-State Transportation Campaign analysis
[youtube width=”500″ height=”300″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McHTfFXIVJc[/youtube] During a meeting with the Star-Ledger‘s editorial board last month, Governor Christie offered up some blunt honesty while discussing his plan to
Supporters of Westchester County’s BxM4C Bee-Line express bus to Manhattan, which will be canceled in June under a cost-cutting plan proposed by County Executive Rob
Last Wednesday, Tri-State and nearly a dozen other advocacy groups were joined by Connecticut House Speaker Chris Donovan and other elected officials to rally in
As the Bergen Record‘s John Cichowski wrote earlier, a proposed 25% fare increase and statewide service cuts on NJ Transit “mean much more pain for
Even in cities that embrace transit-oriented development, too much parking can counteract efforts to create a walkable, attractive downtown. Two recent stories in the Stamford
Public hearings on a proposed 25% fare hike and service cuts for NJ Transit wrapped up over the weekend. After hundreds testified on Thursday, hundreds
Desperation, anger, and fear were the dominant emotions during the first day of public hearings on New Jersey’s doomsday plan for transit. In Newark, Trenton,
