Yesterday morning, House Transportation & Infrastructure Chairman John Mica outlined his transportation reauthorization proposal in a 16-page document titled “A New Direction.” Unfortunately for the tri-state region and arguably the rest of the country, that direction is backwards. [...]
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Click to download the draft TIP. Last month, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council released a draft of its 2011-15 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The document compiles all transportation projects in NYC, Long Island, and the lower Hudson Valley that receive federal money. (It is available for download and as a Google Map.) [...] Last week, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos released his 2010 year-end audit that showed the County ended the year with a $26.6 million surplus. In response, Tri-State issued a statement welcoming the news and called for the surplus to be dedicated to funding LI Bus. Long Island Business News readers agreed, in an informal [...] Fast traffic has made Main Street, in Smithtown, dangerous for pedestrians. The Complete Streets law to make roads safer for all has yet to be signed by Governor Cuomo. But NYSDOT Commissioner Joan McDonald has a unique opportunity to put her stamp on a high-profile safety project in downtown Smithtown, at an intersection [...] |
 
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