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Suffolk County will see more buses on Sundays in the near future. A week after the Public Works and Transportation Committee issued a ringing endorsement, the Suffolk County Legislature adopted an amended resolution that directs $1.1 million in unanticipated State Transportation Operating Assistance-included in the 2013-2014 New York State budget-towards expanding Sunday bus [...]  A raised landscaped median along Route 347. It has been roughly two years since the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) broke ground on Long Island’s Route 347 “Greenway,“ a project that was transformed after years of advocacy into a multi-modal corridor. The modified plan better accommodates Suffolk County Transit riders, pedestrians and cyclists, while also promising a more seamless integration of surrounding land uses. Since the first shovels went into the ground, much progress has been made. One mile — from the 347/454 fork to Route 111 — of the 15 mile corridor project has been completed, and the second mile of the project, from Route 111 to Mount Pleasant Road, is currently out to bid. During a visit to Long Island for other advocacy, MTR visited and took pictures of the first completed mile of the award-winning project showing a raised, landscaped median, pedestrian islands, a multi-use path, and better amenities for transit users. Signage touting the “Parks to Ports Greenway” (which double as bike racks) are also visible at the one mile completion point. The City of New Haven last issued a bike map nearly a decade ago, when average gas prices were less than $2.00 a gallon, and a little known State Senator named Barack Obama had just won a Senate seat to represent the State of Illinois. In 2004: New Haven’s outdated 2004 bike map. [...] Buses could be running on Sundays again in Suffolk County. | Photo: Randee Daddona/Newsday In an attempt to capitalize on additional State Transit Operating Assistance (STOA) included in the recently adopted New York State budget, Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman filed a resolution last week that, if adopted, dedicates the $2.01 million windfall to Suffolk County Transit (SCT) to expand [...] Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance (left) and NYS Senate Co-Leader Jeff Klein. | Photos: Getty and NY Daily News Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance became just the latest public official to endorse speed cameras as a traffic safety tool, but there’s even bigger news today: Senate Co-Leader Jeffrey Klein introduced a “same as” [...] The Nassau Inter-County Express Bus Transit Committee voted Wednesday to increase fares for MetroCard users and to raise service levels. | Photo: Howard Schnapp, Newsday In a 3-2 vote yesterday, the Nassau Inter-County Express Bus Transit Committee (BTC) endorsed a fare hike on 73 percent of riders who use MetroCard. Voting in favor [...] In 2012, Nassau County bus ridership fell to its lowest ridership level since 1998. The decrease reflects an approximately 3.7 percent drop below 2011 numbers. | Graph: TSTC According to the National Transit Database, the primary source for transit information in the United States, Nassau County bus ridership dipped below the 30 million [...] If fares do increase for NICE riders, added revenue should go toward improving bus service. | Photo: Newsday Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) riders who use cash to pay for their bus rides won a big victory last week when, after months of advocacy in opposition to fare hikes, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano came out [...] Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget delivers good news for Long Island’s bus riders. If adopted by the Legislature, downstate bus systems would share $23.5 million in increased transit operating funds. An analysis of the new transit funding in the executive budget, conducted by the New York Public Transit Association (NYPTA), found that this 9.16% [...] Although final recommendations from Governor Cuomo’s NYS 2100 Commission are expected to be formally released tomorrow, some details have begun to leak out. The implementation of “World Class Bus Rapid Transit,” the creation of a second tunnel under the Hudson River, and connections for Metro-North trains into Penn Station emerge from the transportation section–all [...] |
 
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