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The Tappan Zee Bridge | photo: rockinfree, via flickr The draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the proposed Tappan Zee Bridge replacement has been released. The DEIS’ public comment period, which ends on March 15, gives New Yorkers a chance to voice their opinions on the project. For the past decade, Lower Hudson [...] 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 [...] Governor Cuomo. Photo: patja New York State’s 2012 draft budget gave transportation some much needed attention. If the plan is adopted, the state will dispense $4.4 billion to New York’s transit systems ($4 billion to the MTA and $430 million to non-MTA systems). The increase in aid comes from tax restructuring and revenue increases from [...] Steve Bellone. photo: stevebellone.com As County Executive Steve Bellone settles into his new post in Suffolk, there’s reason to hope that he’ll usher in an era of sustainable transportation and land use. During his time as Supervisor of the Town of Babylon, Bellone adopted Long Island’s first complete streets policy, pursued transit-oriented development [...] Westchester's Beeline Bus is vital to the area's senior citizens Westchester County seniors named transportation as their number one priority, both today and in the future, according to a county survey conducted by the Westchester Department of Senior Programs and Services (DSPS). Income security was found to be the second greatest need, followed [...]
Click through to read the 2012 Green Playbook Today, TSTC and several other advocacy organizations released the 2012 Green Playbook to Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The report outlines ten policy initiatives that would benefit New York’s economy, environment, and voters. In the playbook, Tri-State [...] photo: The Eyes Of New York This week, a number of New York’s transportation agencies unveiled technological initiatives that promise to help people get around without cars. On Staten Island, the MTA’s real time bus tracking service went live. The program, which is known as Bus Time, was developed with OpenPlans at the urging of [...] 
Aerial photo of gas well heads in Oklahoma. Country roads aren't built to withstand heavy truck traffic. Today is the last day for public comment on New York’s proposed fracking regulations. The controversial energy extraction process, in which workers inject chemicals into the earth to remove natural gas, has environmentalists [...] 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 [...] |
 
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