By identifying top
transportation priorities in the region, the TranslinkeD initiative will continue to serve as both a platform for stakeholders to discuss ideas and as a resource for local media, policy makers and economic development groups.
Despite $3-a-gallon gasoline and worry about global warming, debate over
transportation priorities hasn't figured in this year's presidential campaigns.
City Council's
transportation priorities are in this order: pedestrian, bicycle, transit, movement of goods and private automobile.
The interactions that ensued with hundreds of transportation customers and stakeholders began with a simple question: "What should New York State's
transportation priorities be for the future?
There is no direct correlation between JCS mission priorities and cargo
transportation priorities.
Denis and Lisa Hayes had some great things to say about the need for energy conservation and new
transportation priorities in their April/May Viewpoint.
The region's
transportation priorities -- The Second Avenue Subway, East Side Access for the Long Island Railroad, and a new .
Like the other groups, they pressed for increased funding of
transportation priorities and wanted full dedication of the Highway Trust Fund to transportation.
amp; Exporters (CME) are forming a special Joint Border Issues Working Group to help government authorities "address bilateral
transportation priorities while ensuring that security goals are fully met.
Their coalition ranges from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, to Friends of the Earth; Scenic America, to the American Planning Association; the Center for Neighborhood Technology, to the Campaign for New
Transportation Priorities, plus an evergrowing body of earth-alert groups convinced that we need to bike (the Bicycle Federation of America), ride trains (National Association of Railroad Passengers), take transit (American Public Transit Association) and, of course, walk to survive.
