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Changes in federal legislation could have major repercussions for both the bridge and transit portions of the Tappan Zee project. A Rockland County summit held last week proved a reminder of just how daunting the financing of the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor project will be. Representatives from the study team and the state comptroller’s office [...] At a meeting of the Tappan Zee project’s Stakeholder Committee on Wednesday, the study team showed it was making a good-faith effort to engage communities on land use and provided more clarity on the project timeline. (TSTC is a member of the Stakeholder Committee and several of the “stakeholder advisory working groups” which meet monthly [...] After New York State DOT Commissioner Astrid Glynn announced her resignation in April, MTR outlined three broad priorities for the next commissioner: sustaining smart growth, bringing reform to the regional offices, and pushing the Tappan Zee Bridge project closer to completion. But reform shouldn’t stop just because NYSDOT doesn’t have a Senate-confirmed leader — and [...] Public-private partnerships could have a big future in New York, particularly given the state’s financial situation. A “state asset maximization” commission appointed by Gov. Paterson released its final report this week, identifying several public projects where the private sector could play a significant role and recommending that a state board be created to oversee them. The [...] (Based on data in Tappan Zee study team's Preliminary Financial Report.) The Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 corridor project hit major milestones last year, with the project team splitting the environmental review and later selecting a combination of bus rapid transit and commuter rail to run across the bridge. Hudson Valley newspapers singled out the project as [...] (Clockwise from left: Rendering of a Sheridan-less Hunts Point, NYSDOT Green LITES program, pedestrian deaths on Long Island, transit ridership numbers for Tappan Zee project. 2008 began and ended very differently for New York, and transportation was no exception. The first half of the year was dominated by discussion of New York City’s congestion pricing [...] Full corridor BRT and Suffern-NYC commuter rail (4D) would move, by far, the most total and cross-corridor transit riders. (Edited image from TZ Transit Mode Selection Report.) When the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor study team announced the selection of a transit alternative — “full corridor” bus rapid transit between Suffern and Port Chester and commuter [...] This cross-section of the I-287 corridor in Rockland County shows buses running in HOT lanes on I-287, with commuter trains in a tunnel which would extend from just east of I-287's Interchange 12 to the replacement Tappan Zee Bridge. The Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor project hit a major milestone this morning, when NYSDOT publicly recommended [...] The Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor study team has been virtually silent this summer, but that doesn’t mean nothing is happening. Tri-State has learned that the study team has selected the Project for Public Spaces, Regional Plan Association, and Reconnecting America as consultants to administer transit-oriented development training for communities along the corridor. These are well-qualified [...] |
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