Comments on: For Nassau Elected Officials, 15-Minute Bus Ride is Too Much to Ask http://blog.tstc.org/2009/10/07/for-nassau-elected-officials-15-minute-bus-ride-is-too-much-to-ask/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Transit Funding Reinstated in CT; Battle on Long Island Continues | Mobilizing the Region http://blog.tstc.org/2009/10/07/for-nassau-elected-officials-15-minute-bus-ride-is-too-much-to-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-1975 Transit Funding Reinstated in CT; Battle on Long Island Continues | Mobilizing the Region Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:09:35 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=6852#comment-1975 [...] fare hike fights in Connecticut as well as the fight to stave off cuts in Nassau County’s contribution to LI Bus over the past weeks and months.  Well the results are in, and they are a mixed [...] [...] fare hike fights in Connecticut as well as the fight to stave off cuts in Nassau County’s contribution to LI Bus over the past weeks and months.  Well the results are in, and they are a mixed [...]

]]> By: Pamela Tamaddon http://blog.tstc.org/2009/10/07/for-nassau-elected-officials-15-minute-bus-ride-is-too-much-to-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-1923 Pamela Tamaddon Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:27:02 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=6852#comment-1923 LOL, Vision Long Island & Eric Alexander along with Sustainable Long Island & Ms. Lansdale can not bestow enough accolades and awards on County Executive Suozzi and his "mega projects" all of which have questionable and flawed so called traffic studies! A particularly interesting "traffic study" condones the shutting down of the Oyster Bay Branch of the LIRR to justify a proposed $32 million taxpayer funded "ferry terminal" sans "ferry operator" for one of the County Executives "mega project's" in his home town of Glen Cove. And since all attempts at ferry service has failed out of Glen Cove there is a requirement to build high rise density condo building's to hopefully insure that this time high cost ferry service succeeds. Forget the fact that the proposed "mega project" is miles away from any alternative transportation options bus or train service and the surrounding infrastructure roadways, sidewalks etc are inadequate. In the end this "Mega Project" of "regional significance" is a "SOV" centric development that will literally DRIVE the quality of life for those living outside the Luxury Waterfront Development" into the ground! With the most adversely effected identified as one of Long Island's "at risk community" Irony indeed! It is in actuality the "same old same old" with elected officials and vapid organizations co-opting word's, :Smart Growth", "Cool Downtowns" "New Suburbia" etc. to facilitate their own personal aggrandizement and agenda. " LOL, Vision Long Island & Eric Alexander along with Sustainable Long Island & Ms. Lansdale can not bestow enough accolades and awards on County Executive Suozzi and his “mega projects” all of which have questionable and flawed so called traffic studies!

A particularly interesting “traffic study” condones the shutting down of the Oyster Bay Branch of the LIRR to justify a proposed $32 million taxpayer funded “ferry terminal” sans “ferry operator” for one of the County Executives “mega project’s” in his home town of Glen Cove. And since all attempts at ferry service has failed out of Glen Cove there is a requirement to build high rise density condo building’s to hopefully insure that this time high cost ferry service succeeds. Forget the fact that the proposed “mega project” is miles away from any alternative transportation options bus or train service and the surrounding infrastructure roadways, sidewalks etc are inadequate. In the end this “Mega Project” of “regional significance” is a “SOV” centric development that will literally DRIVE the quality of life for those living outside the Luxury Waterfront Development” into the ground! With the most adversely effected identified as one of Long Island’s “at risk community”

Irony indeed!

It is in actuality the “same old same old” with elected officials and vapid organizations co-opting word’s, :Smart Growth”, “Cool Downtowns” “New Suburbia” etc. to facilitate their own personal aggrandizement and agenda.

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