Comments on: NYSDOT Smart Growth Test: Long Island's Route 347

By: Howard Cohen

Howard Cohen — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:28:32 +0000

Is it possible to print the New road configuration for route 347?

By: Bob Braun

Bob Braun — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:04:36 +0000

Widening any road on the island is a band-aid, at best.
It’s a major, wasted, taxpayers expense.
Long Islands traffic is at critical mass. User friendly, efficient, mass transit is the answer. There’s no other way to get around, other than by car.
Pedestrians take their lives in their hands trying to walk anywhere. Bicyclists the same. How about a bus sytem that works, some simple walk-over bridges, bike lanes that don’t rub elbows with SUV’s, trucks, etc.
Light rails, mono-rails, down the main corridors.
Build them and we will use them. Sounds cheaper than Multi lane overpasses….widening projects…etc.
Think realistically…plan accordingly…and opposition will be minimal!!!!!!!!

By: NYSDOT’s Rt. 347 ‘Greenway’ Plan Could Be Turning Point for Project « Mobilizing the Region

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:38:22 +0000

[...] plan to significantly widen Rt. 347 in Suffolk County about a decade ago. That plan has faced stiff opposition for its entire life on the drawing board and has evolved into a project that no one [...]

By: Streetsblog » Cartoon Tuesday: Chutes and Ladders, State DOT Style

Streetsblog » Cartoon Tuesday: Chutes and Ladders, State DOT Style — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:13:57 +0000

[...] Project Design Manual which was reprinted in the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Rt. 347 widening project. Apparently it was put there to explain the project development process in a nutshell. A [...]

By: Economy Kills Long Island’s Bad Road Projects « Mobilizing the Region

Economy Kills Long Island’s Bad Road Projects « Mobilizing the Region — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:25:15 +0000

[...] Route 347 through the Towns of Islip, Smithtown and Brookhaven (see MTR #s 269, 278, 537; “NYSDOT Smart Growth Test” [July '08]) seems to fall under this directive, which comes from the New York State Division [...]

By: NYSDOT: The Board Game? « Mobilizing the Region

NYSDOT: The Board Game? « Mobilizing the Region — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:07:25 +0000