In first month since toll hike, N.J. Turnpike truck traffic hits a skid | NJ.com

In first month since toll hike, N.J. Turnpike truck traffic hits a skid | NJ.com: "Keep on truckin’?

Not on the New Jersey Turnpike, where commercial traffic in January — the first month after a 53-percent toll hike — declined 7.5 percent compared with like days from last January."

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Bill calling for Port Authority reforms moves ahead in N.J. Senate | NJ.com

Bill calling for Port Authority reforms moves ahead in N.J. Senate | NJ.com:

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PANY s Foye Embraces New Audit - The Bond Buyer Article

PANY s Foye Embraces New Audit - The Bond Buyer Article: "Foye, previously secretary of economic development under Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said the $1 billion investment to raise the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge, which connects New York City’s Staten Island and Bayonne, N.J., will allow larger ships to enter the port. The Port of New York and New Jersey now handles 9,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) ships, with cargo volume up 4% in 2011. The port expects to have a 50-foot channel by 2014."

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NY accepts water ballast standard for shipping, averting economic crisis | SILive.com

NY accepts water ballast standard for shipping, averting economic crisis | SILive.com: ""We can now move to raise the Bayonne Bridge and expand operations at New York Container Terminal with a new berth, meaning more jobs, cheaper produce and goods," said Ed Kelly, Executive Director of the Maritime Association, "all thanks to the efforts of Sen. Savino and her colleagues.""

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Rounding Bergen Point 1 « tugster: a waterblog

Rounding Bergen Point 1 « tugster: a waterblog:

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GoPro Hero 2 over the Bayonne Bridge - YouTube

GoPro Hero 2 over the Bayonne Bridge - YouTube: "http://youtu.be/2g4DYItU3HM"

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N.Y.-N.J. Port Authority s Disarray Prompts Calls for Major Overhaul - The Bond Buyer Article

N.Y.-N.J. Port Authority s Disarray Prompts Calls for Major Overhaul - The Bond Buyer Article: "Critics say managing the World Trade Center is out of the wheelhouse for an agency founded on transportation infrastructure. Other current Port Authority projects include the raising of the Bayonne Bridge, the construction of a new Goethals Bridge and replacing the original cables on the George Washington Bridge. All three crossings connect parts of New York City with New Jersey."

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New P.A. chief vows reform, but no added toll break for Islanders | SILive.com

New P.A. chief vows reform, but no added toll break for Islanders | SILive.com: "Attention Staten Island drivers: That 10-trip a-month toll break you get when you cross Port Authority bridges?

Learn to love it, because that's all the residential toll relief you're going to get.

So said P.A. executive director Patrick Foye last week amid continued questions from the Advance about possible additional toll relief for the majority of Island drivers who take the Goethals or Bayonne bridges or Outerbridge Crossing once a week but no more."

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Eying the next generation of MTA megaprojects :: Second Ave. Sagas

Eying the next generation of MTA megaprojects :: Second Ave. Sagas: "I’m particularly excited for the Staten Island North Shore Rail the most. Here’s hoping that if it’s light rail, it will one day head over the Bayonne Bridge, and if its heavy rail, it will one day cross the Narrows. Staten Island deserves better transit. If there’s a tunnel to Secaucus, over a Staten Island Tunnel, I’ll be quite upset."

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Bayonne Bridge, Feb. 2012 - YouTube

Bayonne Bridge, Feb. 2012 - YouTube:

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The State Might Turn the Tappan Zee Bridge Into a Pedestrian Walkway -- Daily Intel

The State Might Turn the Tappan Zee Bridge Into a Pedestrian Walkway -- Daily Intel: "What once was a pipe dream is now looking like an actual possibility: When the state builds a new bridge to replace the Tappan Zee, they might turn the current bridge into a walkway a little something like the High Line, only over water. It's expensive to demolish the thing — $150 million — so updating the bridge's function is looking more and more attractive to Governor Andrew Cuomo. Or, at least, it merits "further study," which is bureacrat-ese for attractive."

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73 years ago, Staten Island's version of 5th Avenue was located in Port Richmond | SILive.com

73 years ago, Staten Island's version of 5th Avenue was located in Port Richmond | SILive.com: "The year was 1938, and the Empire Theater, with its two distinctive towers, provided an imposing anchor in Port Richmond at 2094 Richmond Terrace. The theater was surrounded by a range of businesses on both sides of the busy thoroughfare near the ferry to Bayonne, N.J., and many more on what today is Port Richmond Avenue. "

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Hudson Reporter - A problem with trucks Residents complain about traffic along Seventh Street

Hudson Reporter - A problem with trucks Residents complain about traffic along Seventh Street: "For years, local residents complained about the screeching brakes, near misses, and routine fender benders that resulted from traffic exiting the Bayonne Bridge on the west side and rushing across town toward Broadway, heedless of Avenue C traffic while making the turn."

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Port Authority Remains Concerned About Natural Gas Pipeline into NYC - Natural Gas Watch.org

Port Authority Remains Concerned About Natural Gas Pipeline into NYC - Natural Gas Watch.org: "The PANYNJ received a proposed easements package from the Applicants dated 1/16/12 for the required permanent pipeline easements. In that package PANYNJ noted that the HDD alignment under the Bayonne Bridge has changed from the alignment provided in the DEIS and approved by PANYNJ on 10/7/11. That change came as a surprise to PANYNJ. It voided the 10/7 approval PANYNJ granted to Spectra for their DEIS HDD alignment under the Bayonne Bridge. Spectra may have changed other alignments. We respectfully request that when an alignment is being changed on any of our properties that PANYNJ be informed so we can review it and confirm if it will impact any of our existing or future facilities and/or infrastructure. Without good communication, the review/approval process will be impeded."

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Outs and Ins « tugster: a waterblog

Outs and Ins « tugster: a waterblog: Bridge pic.

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Record throughput at port of New York - IFW - ifw-net.com

Record throughput at port of New York - IFW - ifw-net.com: "Its plan to raise the road bed of the Bayonne Bridge will allow the new, larger post-panamax containerships to access the port terminals."

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Port Authority reports record growth in cargo volume - NJBIZ

Port Authority reports record growth in cargo volume - NJBIZ: "Recent multimillion-dollar investments in port and harbor projects from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have stemmed from record growth in cargo volume last year, agency officials said in prepared remarks.
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Bayonne Bridge at Night - Staten Island Museum

Bayonne Bridge at Night - Staten Island Museum:

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Port Authority gets no-confidence vote as it faces a daunting task to reform | Daily Record | dailyrecord.com

Port Authority gets no-confidence vote as it faces a daunting task to reform | Daily Record | dailyrecord.com: "Peters said the need for infrastructure projects such as new suspender cables for the George Washington Bridge, replacing the Goethals Bridge and raising the Bayonne Bridge to allow “mega” cargo ships to access the port has been known for years."

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Hampton Roads poised for cargo bonanza | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Hampton Roads poised for cargo bonanza | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com: "The port's biggest problem is the Bayonne Bridge, which is too low for the biggest ships to pass under en route to four of its terminals. A $1 billion fix is planned, but the new bridge won't be ready until 2016 at the earliest, according to The Journal of Commerce."

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