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Christie Ups Appropriation Request for Sandy Relief
Governor Chris Christie and Lt Governor Kim Guandagno meet with Mayor Matt Doherty to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in Belmar, NJ. Joining New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New...
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Long-Term Surface Transportation Bill Unlikely Before Election
Late last week, the President signed a 90-day surface transportation extension, the ninth of his Presidency. This is getting to the point where we have to look at the failure to deliver a long-term...
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Chris Christie Lied About Costs of Hudson River Tunnel Project He Cancelled
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is far more admired by national Republicans wanting a tough guy to yell at liberals than by his own constituents in his state. And a new report goes a long way to...
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Boehner Maneuvers for Conference Committee on Transportation Bill
Yesterday, the House passed yet another extension of the federal surface transportation bill. This one also goes for 90 days and would take the highway trust fund from June 30 to September 30, 2012. As...
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Decision Time Nears for Student Loan, Highway Bills
I’ve been tracking the two deadlines for Congress coming up in just over a week. If no action is taken, new federal student loans will see an interest rate of 6.8%, double the current 3.4%. And there...
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US Finalizes 2025 Fuel Efficiency Standard of 54.5 MPG
The United States has finalized fuel economy rules that would increase the average to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, almost twice as much as the current standards. It’s the first update since the...
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Carmageddon Experiment Shows Dramatic Increases in Air Quality as Car Use Falls
As a Los Angeleno, this one’s kind of personal to me. We just went through our second round of “Carmageddon.” A 10-mile span of the 405 freeway, the nation’s busiest, has been closed down twice in the...
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Intercity Transit Improvements: The Quest for “Higher Speed Rail”
The hopes for high speed rail in America have downshifted somewhat into a hope for “higher speed rail.” Many of the tentpole high speed rail plans were scrapped, particularly in Florida, Ohio and...
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Transit Closures Cause Transportation Nightmare in New York City
MTA Escalator under water at South Ferry Today is supposed to be a “back to normal” day in New York City, with businesses reopening, along with the stock exchange. But with most transit points closed,...
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New York City Goes to Mandatory Carpooling to Deal With Storm Shutdowns
The New York City subway system will return to partial service tomorrow above 34th Street and in some of the outer boroughs, with connecting bus service from Brooklyn. The Long Island Railroad and...
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