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Last night, TSTC received notice that an invitation to the February 16th Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing Project stakeholders meeting “was sent in error.” A follow-up call to the New York State Department of Transportation revealed that the meeting has been canceled. Invitations to the stakeholder meeting were sent on January [...] TSTC has released preliminary comments on the Tappan Zee replacement project’s draft environmental impact statement (DEIS). The release is reproduced below, and there is also a .pdf available here. TSTC’s preliminary review has found a number of issues with the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project. Among them are: The [...] The North Westchester Energy Action Consortium (NWEAC), a group representing 14 Westchester municipalities and their 230,000 residents, has followed the lead of the town of Hastings-on-Hudson in passing a resolution that calls on “Governor Cuomo, the New York State Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Authority to restore dedicated [...]
Buses across the Tappan Zee run infrequently, even at rush hour. Photo: Dani Simons Even if Westchester’s transportation infrastructure is set up to funnel workers into New York City, more than 70% of commuters traveling across the Tappan Zee are on their way to jobs in the suburbs. Westchester residents [...] photo: rockinfree At yesterday’s Senate confirmation hearings, MTA Chief Joseph Lhota got most of the press, but Thomas Madison, the Thruway Authority’s newly-confirmed Executive Director, said something newsworthy as well. “At this moment in time, we don’t have the legal statutory allowance in New York State to do public-private partnership as they are technically [...] Photo: Alex Bellink Over the weekend, The Journal News published a smart editorial that urged Albany and Washington to think seriously about their stated desire to build the new Tappan Zee without bus rapid transit (BRT). The article, which responded to a coalition statement released by TSTC and others, reminded officials that the bridge [...] Photo: Doug Kerr Earlier today, a group of elected officials and advocacy organizations (including TSTC) banded together to demand that bus rapid transit (BRT) be incorporated in the state’s plans to rebuild the Tappan Zee Bridge. The statement also pointed out the decade-long public debate that lead to general agreement on BRT’s importance [...] Governor Cuomo and NYMTC still have the opportunity to make transit part of the Tappan Zee project. Photo: Patja On Friday, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) announced a request for $18.6 million in federal transportation funds to begin preliminary engineering work on the Tappan Zee Bridge project. The amendment to the [...] Photo by Brett Weinstein In October, Governor Cuomo announced plans to “fast track” the Tappan Zee Bridge’s reconstruction. But amidst all the hurry, something fell by the wayside: the planned bus rapid transit (BRT) line that was to run from Suffern to Port Chester. In a Journal News op-ed yesterday, TSTC’s Executive Director, Kate [...] The bus rapid transit system planned for the Tappan Zee Bridge corridor would not add $10+ billion to the project's cost. As Hudson Valley and regional elected officials, civic leaders, and citizens have weighed in on the new plans for the Tappan Zee project, the media has done an extensive and accurate job [...] |
 
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