• Bi-State Coalition exploring ferry service to relieve congestion
  
  
• The coastal link brings seamless bus service to Route 1 corridor.
  
  
• NYSDOT and Westchester on track with the Bee-Line's "LIKE-RAIL" - FDR To White Plains Express.
  
  
• Regional survey provides a look at commuter choices.
  
  
• Many people don't travel to work anymore - they are already there.
  
  
• Highway Advisory Radio on the air in Connecticut's southwest corridor.
  
  
• New web site helps Hudson Valley travelers get around.
  
  New Transportation guides available in Connecticut and New York.

The 2000 Southern Connecticut Transportation Guide, a complete resource for transportation information in Fairfield and New Haven Counties, will be available beginning in November. The Guide, originally published by the Connecticut Department of Transportation and MetroPool in 1998 and updated for 2000, includes maps, route information, parking and fare information, and phone numbers -- everything commuters need to take that first step to a better trip by public transportation. In addition, the Guide features an overview of carpool and vanpool services (including a complete list of park and ride lots in Fairfield and New Haven counties), important highway construction/improvement information, Access to Jobs initiatives, paratransit/disabled services, and more.

More than 400,000 copies of the Southern Connecticut Transportation Guide will be distributed as a newspaper insert in November. An additional 75,000 copies will be distributed through Commuter Information Center kiosks, employer sites, transit operators, libraries, municipal offices, Realtors, and other outlets. For copies or for more information, call MetroPool at 1-800-FIND-RIDE.

The new PART (Putnam Area Rapid Transit) Connections highlights connecting services that allow easy bus travel between Putnam County and other points in the region. PART Connections was published by the New York State Department of Transportation, Putnam County Planning, and MetroPool. Easy-to-read PART routes and connecting services to Bee-Line in Westchester County, Dutchess County LOOP Bus system, City of Poughkeepsie Transit System, HART (Housatonic Area Regional Transit) in Danbury, Connecticut and MTA Metro-North are shown on a map that fits easily into a suit jacket or pocketbook. Also listed in the schedule are phone numbers and web site addresses of the various transit operators and PART fare and paratransit information. For copies, call MetroPool at 1-800-FIND-RIDE.

>From Here to There: Orange County Transportation Guide 2000 will be published in late October as a special supplement to the Times Herald-Record newspaper. A publication of the New York State Department of Transportation and Orange County Planning, the Guide is the area's only source of inter-city information on transit serving the county, including bus schedules, route maps, fares, and other information. Copies are also available by calling the Orange County Planning Department at (914) 291-2318.