Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about TSTC

Bloomberg Admin Misses “Golden Opportunity” on Intro. 199

By Jason Varone | Feb 26, 2007 | No Comments

In the latest issue of Mobilizing the Region, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign questions how the Bloomberg Administration’s purported commitment to long-term planning and sustainability squares with the Department of Transportation’s opposition to Intro. 199, City Council legislation aimed at collecting better data on how New York City’s streets are managed and used: Testifying before the […]

Traffic, Pedestrian Fatalities Rise in New Jersey

By Jason Varone | Feb 16, 2007 | No Comments

Newsday reports: Pedestrian fatalities rose about 8 percent in New Jersey last year, according to statistics released Thursday. The number of pedestrian fatalities as a percentage of total traffic fatalities rose slightly, from 21 percent to 22 percent. The statistics were provided by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. In 2005, 156 of 747 New Jerseyans who […]

Highlights From the Latest Mobilizing the Region

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 22, 2006 | 1 Comment

The latest issue of Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s Mobilizing the Region newsletter just came out. Here are some of the highlights: The Bloomberg Sustainability Agenda: Reading the Transportation Tea LeavesThe mayor mentioned only two broad transportation-related goals: bring the subway system to a state of good repair, and improve travel times over today’s levels by adding […]

45% of New Yorkers Receptive to a Congestion Charge

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 27, 2006 | 30 Comments

The congestion charging policy roll-out is officially on the move. Today the Tri-State Transportation Campaign released the findings of a detailed telephone survey conducted last spring in an effort to learn more about how New Yorkers feel about traffic congestion and the idea of making motorists pay more to drive in to the most gridlocked […]

Transit-Oriented Development Forum

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 3, 2006 | 1 Comment

Norman "The Human Tape Reco’der" Oder cranks out a nice report on this week’s Transit-Oriented Development forum at NYU for his blog, Atlantic Yards Report: Though the symposium conspicuously avoided controversial developments like Hudson Yards and Atlantic Yards, Jon Orcutt, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign offered a caution in the Q&A period. "There’s […]

Rumor Mill: The MTA’s Next Chairman

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 27, 2006 | 2 Comments

Last night the Tri-State Transportation Campaign honored Elliot "Lee" Sander, at its annual gala. Sander was Commissioner of New York City’s Department of Transportation for two years during the Giuliani administration, he is a vice president at DMJM Harris, co-chairman of the Empire State Transportation Alliance, and Director of the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy […]

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