Times Union

The New York Thruway Authority will be offering a new "Green Pass" discount plan for motorists who use E-ZPass and drive fuel efficient vehicles, starting this spring.

Letter to the editor calls for "common sense" in Washington regarding the future of Amtrak.

Albany institutions of higher education contribute funds to lure workers to buy homes in near-campus neighborhoods.

How communities across the nation fill in the void left behind when large retail stores leave.

Despite rising revenues, New York's Thruway Authority says fare hikes needed to pay for projects.

Baby boomers who moved out of cities when they had kids, are now moving back.

In both New York and Massachusetts taller guard rails and Jersey barriers are being used along highways to provide protection from larger and taller vehicles.

legality of GPS devices being used by law enforcement without a warrant is questioned.

Plans for upgrading a critical but aging Hudson River bridge could include a passenger rail link.

Proposed direct rail link John F. Kennedy Airport to Lower Manhattan.

New York State DOT has begun to build roundabouts throughout the State to improve road safety, but the public is not yet convinced.

Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan), whose district includes the stadium site, argues that the governor's plan for an Olympic/Jets Stadium at 34th Street is both fiscally and logistically absurd.

Towers for a wireless emergency system would not be built in wilderness areas.

Albany County, NY rejects an immunization grant from Wal-Mart in rebuke of retail giant's policies.

James Kunstler's eyesore of the month highlights architectural blunders in his home town in Upstate New York and around the country.

Some residents say big box stores offer convenience but local businesses are worried.

A national demographics firm has determined that New York State's Capital Region is the least stressful large metropolitan area in the U.S.

In Albany, NY, a large national hotel developer plans to build a 124-room hotel next to the habitat of the endangered Karner blue butterfly.

A special use permit for a proposed Buddhist retreat has the community asking, what would Jesus do?

Drivers say cobblestone intersections are slippery and dangerous but New York State Dept. of Transportation says they are aesthetic enhancements that serve as a "traffic calming method."