MORNING COMMUTE

Speakers at the Professional Women in Construction transportation forum at the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen conference had actionable info worth passing on. NJ Transit exec director James Weinstein (second from right) says his organization will advertise $35M in contracts for bus garage improvements and train station work through the end of the year. Meanwhile, Hilary Ring (to the left of James) has to cut $2B from the MTA's $24B capital program. Projects up for bid in the 2010 to 2014 program (7 line extension, Second Avenue line, and East Side Access), though, are fully funded. Also pictured: Fife Consulting's William Fife, Port Authority exec director Pat Foye, New York State Department of Transportation commissioner Joan McDonald, and PWC prez Lenore Janis.

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