One option called for a US 301 freeway between the Maryland border and I-95, another called for commuter rail linking Middletown to Newark and Wilmington, another plan called for high-occupancy vehicle lanes on I-95, DE 1, and DE 896, another idea was to widen US 301 and DE 1, and the last idea called for an express road between US 301 in Middletown and DE 1.
A watchdog has called for commuters to receive "significant" compensation after a series of delays and cancellations at a new rail franchise.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg decided not to call for the commuter tax's reinstatement until after Gov. George E. Pataki, his fellow Republican, won re-election last year.
That target grew in importance after Mr. Pataki released his budget proposal, which rebuffed the mayor's call for a commuter tax and would cut education aid to the city.
This week, leaders in Albany declared Mr. Bloomberg's call for a commuter tax dead on arrival, but Mr. Bloomberg said yesterday on his weekly radio show that he remained optimistic.
Now, with ever more housing called for, and commuter traffic ever less popular, the idea is back in fashion, and some new towns may actually get built.Cambridgeshire may even have two.
And he renewed the Council's call for reinstating the commuter tax, which was levied on people who work in the city but live elsewhere.
Gov. George E. Pataki's budget plan rejected the mayor's call for a $1 billion commuter tax, and not only turned down the city's request for $275 million in extra education aid but cut the education aid the city currently gets by nearly $500 million.
His budget does not call for reinstating a commuter tax, which Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wants, to help close the city's own significant budget gap, and does not come close to giving his fellow Republican the resources he needs to balance the city budget.
The plan announced by Mayor Bloomberg and the city police commissioner, Raymond J. Kelly, calls for channeling commuters coming out of Pennsylvania Station to a pedestrian corridor down 32nd Street and setting up a barricaded lane in front of the Garden on Seventh Avenue.
