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A map showing red light camera-monitored intersections on Long Island. Click through for details. Legislators have fled Albany for a well-deserved, two-week break. As transportation and pedestrian safety advocates have sifted through the recently-passed budget during the lull, an important discovery has come to light: each county on Long Island has received the [...] Increased state funding could help build on Suffolk County Transit's rapid growth | Photo: Newsday New York State’s recently adopted budget included additional funding for the bus systems in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. These new funds present an opportunity to help mitigate proposed service cuts in Nassau, and they could help ease fare [...] The Tappan Zee Bridge | Photo: Brett Weinstein Last Friday, community members, government officials, and advocates had their final chance to officially register comments on the proposed Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project. Their words echoed the call that has sounded since Governor Cuomo announced plans to fast track the project last October: the [...]
In January, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement. Despite popular demand for better public transit in the I-287 corridor, the project’s DEIS makes few provisions for public transportation in the Lower Hudson Valley. Many residents want a bus rapid transit (BRT) system, and Tri-State has set up a website to advocate for BRT’s place in the project. With the March 30 public comment deadline approaching, the call for transit has sounded loud and clear. This is the fifth and final installment of a series of Mobilizing the Region posts that explain why the state is wrong to conclude that the Tappan Zee should be built without bus rapid transit. Today, we examine why a bridge without public transit cannot fulfill the purpose of the project, as defined by the state in the DEIS. Barring a major setback, Albany lawmakers will pass an on-time budget for the second consecutive year. Many vital details have emerged for transportation and sustainable development advocates. The budget deal distributes tax revenues more equitably across New York, helping out upstate systems like NFTA The MTA Capital Plan Following a Senate budget resolution [...] Rye's planned sharrows could be joined by a bicyclist/pedestrian pathway from the Metro-North station to Playland Park In Rye, NY—where sharrows will be coming to Forest Avenue—pedestrians and cyclists may soon have more to celebrate. Tomorrow at 7p.m., at Rye City Hall, the Planning Department of the County of Westchester will host a [...] Tarrytown and New Rochelle recently joined the growing ranks of municipalities including Yonkers, Dobbs Ferry, Wesley Hills, Greenburgh, Hastings-on-Hudson and Croton-on-Hudson, as well as the North Westchester Energy Action Consortium (members shown in blue) in passing resolutions in support of transit in the Tappan Zee project. While the state moves forward with pile driving [...] Exhausted from last week’s marathon all-nighter, Albany legislators have slowed a bit in budget negotiations. Despite reports that the budget might pass a week before the April 1 deadline, it’s now clear that negotiations will stretch into next week. It’s not for lack of effort, though—Albany has been hard at work: Senator Michael Nozzolio [...] Cuts to Nassau County's bus system would lead to de facto fare increases for some riders | Photo: Newsday Legislator Francis Becker (R-Lynbrook) has called upon Nassau County’s bus operator to bring proposed cuts to the Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) Bus before the Transit Advisory Committee (TAC), a body that can approve or deny [...] The BQE | Photo: New York Times Earlier this month, Brooklyn Community Board 2 called on the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to explain the cancellation of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) reconstruction project. The state, along with engaged community members, had begun investigating construction alternatives for an aging section of the BQE [...] |
 
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