City officials postponed the Nets' opener in part because of transit concerns.
In general, he believes that the transit concerns of buyers in farther-flung neighborhoods are offset by the lower real estate prices.
"The language is in the bill, the mandate is there from the public, and as people see the funding actually going to transit, that concern will be addressed," he said.
The reasons that explain the late adaptation of liner services relate to inertia, transit time concerns, increasing costs associated with fixing schedule integrity problems and fleet management issues.
As officials prepare to roll out city transit discounts, concerns are rising that the new fares will swamp an already crowded system.
But when the canal is constructed, the American ports will be far nearer than Caupi, as far as length of transit is concerned, than even the nearest European ports.
At a Congressional hearing in June, Representative Peter A. DeFazio, an Oregon Democrat who is the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, raised concerns that companies that install the cameras were unfairly profiting from the contracts that local governments awarded them.
Transit officials, concerned about recent power failures that knocked out subway lines in Manhattan and Brooklyn, severely cut back on train service in Queens to conserve about 60 megawatts of power.
But he added, once the quasi-governmental agency is created to oversee transportation issues, "people who have an interest in bikes, in mass transit or concerns about the environment will then have access to come before this body and make their arguments".
For women and children in transit, protection concerns, particularly sexual and gender-based violence, are significant.
