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Gov. Paterson has proposed $7 billion in NYSDOT capital funds for the next 2 years, far less than the agency says it needs. Few things are as symbolic of New York's deteriorating infrastructure as upstate's Champlain Bridge, which was demolished last year after it was declared unsafe and beyond repair. Governor Paterson’s budget, released last [...] For over a year, the NYSDOT has been allowing cars with at least two occupants to use what was a bus-only lane on the Staten Island Expressway in the westbound direction (the eastbound bus lane was opened to carpools in April). The agency is also proposing an extension of the bus/HOV-2 lanes, from their current [...] The Deegan project area. As MTR reported on Tuesday, the New York State DOT has decided to rehabilitate a stretch of the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx instead of adding capacity. “The NYSDOT is committed to developing project plans in close consultation with local communities,” Acting Commissioner Stan Gee said in a press release. [...] [Updated 11/24 - MTR has learned that NYSDOT has selected the "rehabilitation only" alternative, a victory for local residents and advocates. We'll have more on this shortly.] Tri-State has just received the “Draft Design Report” for NYSDOT’s plan to expand a section of the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, a plan that is opposed by [...] NYSDOT would add an auxiliary lane to the Major Deegan (Click for larger image). [Update 11/20: You can now tell NYSDOT Acting Commissioner Stan Gee that you oppose this project via e-mail. TSTC has also made available the project's Draft Design Report. Read more here.] The New York State DOT had a hard time defending a [...] NYSDOT may be lacking money and political support for its newly released 2010-2015 capital program, but the program shows the agency is moving slowly toward a more sustainable policy. As is customary in New York, the program amounts to the same funding level as the transit portion of the MTA’s proposed five-year capital program, about $25 [...] The voting members of the Capital Program Review Board (left to right): Sen. Johnson, Assm. Wright, Commissioner Gee, and Deputy Mayor Skyler. The MTA’s draft 2010-14 capital program is online, with all 231 pages available for public review and comment. Later this month, the capital program will be presented to the MTA board in a [...] NYSDOT's capital program details the agency's priorities and the specific projects it chooses to fund. Long Island civic groups have a timely opportunity to make their voices heard when it comes to the Long Island they would like to live, work and recreate in, in the 21st century. The New York State Department of Transportation is [...] Clockwise from top left: TSTC's Kyle Wiswall, The Point's Adam Liebowitz, Julien Terrell of Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, SBRWA's Melanie Bin Jung, Nos Quedamos's Anna Vincente, and Joan Byron of the Pratt Center for Community Development. Members of the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance took to the Bronx’s Sheridan Expressway during yesterday’s afternoon [...] The opening of the SIE bus lane to cars might be just the first of many poor transportation choices for Staten Island. On Staten Island, traffic congestion is both a way of life and a perennial complaint. Six of the 15 editorials in the Staten Island Advance this month have been about transportation, and the [...] |
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