OPINION: The Port Authority’s Wrong Moves at Newark Airport
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The agency plans to make some improvements to the AirTrain and extend the PATH train — but it should bring the PATH directly to the terminals.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Newark
Op-Ed: Feds Must Help Keep Transit Running
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Transit is the only option for thousands of low-income essential workers — and essential for the revival of the regional economy — as New Jersey shows.
Newark Clears Bike Lane of Cars, Solves Parking Problem With Meters Instead
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Three months after Newark drew national attention for considering removal of New Jersey’s only protected bike lane in order to allow illegal double-parking, the city has found a different solution. Instead of […]
Cory Booker Joins Fledging Bike Collective for a Ride Around Newark
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker pedaled with the Brick City Bike Collective on its inaugural ride. Photo: Moiz Kapadia. Via Mobilizing the Region, here’s some more mayoral bike news, this time from across the Hudson. Newark’s Brick City Bike Collective launched earlier this summer, bringing a new voice for safe streets to a city that sorely […]
Good Stuff in This Week’s Mobilizing the Region
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Finally, we get to see just how much former executive director Jon Orcutt was tamping down the high-powered talent at the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. The latest issue of Mobilizing the Region is jam-packed with good articles. Here are some highlights (and, yes, I’m kidding about Orcutt but serious about this week’s MTR being really good): […]