Comments on: Nassau County Budget Puts Long Island Bus in the Crosshairs http://blog.tstc.org/2009/09/16/nassau-county-budget-puts-long-island-bus-in-the-crosshairs/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:06:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: For Nassau Elected Officials, 15-Minute Bus Ride is Too Much to Ask | Mobilizing the Region http://blog.tstc.org/2009/09/16/nassau-county-budget-puts-long-island-bus-in-the-crosshairs/comment-page-1/#comment-1824 For Nassau Elected Officials, 15-Minute Bus Ride is Too Much to Ask | Mobilizing the Region Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:29:18 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=6616#comment-1824 [...] challenging county legislators and County Executive Thomas Suozzi to ride the bus and learn what a $2.8 million cut to LI Bus would mean for everyday riders.  The cut, which represents over 25% of the [...] [...] challenging county legislators and County Executive Thomas Suozzi to ride the bus and learn what a $2.8 million cut to LI Bus would mean for everyday riders.  The cut, which represents over 25% of the [...]

]]> By: Pamela Tamaddon http://blog.tstc.org/2009/09/16/nassau-county-budget-puts-long-island-bus-in-the-crosshairs/comment-page-1/#comment-1609 Pamela Tamaddon Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:40:24 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=6616#comment-1609 It is rather evident where promoting density development to justify transportation funding has gotten the metro area over the last 5 years. Basically no where, except producing very expensive so called studies with flawed traffic studies. The problem with the HUB proposal is that it Developer Driven,mall shopping , new sports arena, and unneeded Condo's and hotel space. This is quite moronic when just down the road is an established area, with in place infrastructure , housing, rail & bus stations that if rehabilitated in fact rejuvenated would meet all the goals proposed by the HUB .In fact hempstead has a long standing bus terminal that is under utilized. Question is why build another. One can only channel Einstein, "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" With that there really should be no surprise here, County Executive Tom Suozzi is promoting a federally funded taxpayer supported "iconic Ferry Terminal" san's Ferry operator, out of his home town Glen Cove, where not only an abandoned ferry terminal exists but all attempts at "ferry" service have failed. With such high mindedness and wasteful expenditure of taxpayers money does anyone really believe that the CE & the Nassau County Planning Commission even comprehend the varied need's of county residents and multi-model options. New Suburbia? How about rebuilding, refurbishing and rejuvenating what already is in place. and then lets go from there! It is rather evident where promoting density development to justify transportation funding has gotten the metro area over the last 5 years. Basically no where, except producing very expensive so called studies with flawed traffic studies.

The problem with the HUB proposal is that it Developer Driven,mall shopping , new sports arena, and unneeded Condo’s and hotel space. This is quite moronic when just down the road is an established area, with in place infrastructure , housing, rail & bus stations that if rehabilitated in fact rejuvenated would meet all the goals proposed by the HUB .In fact hempstead has a long standing bus terminal that is under utilized. Question is why build another.

One can only channel Einstein, “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”

With that there really should be no surprise here, County Executive Tom Suozzi is promoting a federally funded taxpayer supported “iconic Ferry Terminal” san’s Ferry operator, out of his home town Glen Cove, where not only an abandoned ferry terminal exists but all attempts at “ferry” service have failed.

With such high mindedness and wasteful expenditure of taxpayers money does anyone really believe that the CE & the Nassau County Planning Commission even comprehend the varied need’s of county residents and multi-model options.

New Suburbia? How about rebuilding, refurbishing and rejuvenating what already is in place. and then lets go from there!

]]> By: Streetsblog New York City » Today’s Headlines http://blog.tstc.org/2009/09/16/nassau-county-budget-puts-long-island-bus-in-the-crosshairs/comment-page-1/#comment-1603 Streetsblog New York City » Today’s Headlines Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:04:10 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=6616#comment-1603 [...] Nassau Exec Proposes Slashing LI Bus Budget By 25 Percent (MTR) [...] [...] Nassau Exec Proposes Slashing LI Bus Budget By 25 Percent (MTR) [...]

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