Cashless, open-road electronic tolling on New Jersey’s Garden State Parkway. | Photo: New Jersey Monthly
Since 1999, TSTC has been pushing for the MTA, which operates seven bridges and two tunnels in New York City, to convert its congestion- and pollution-inducing toll booths to gateless, cashless, all-electronic, high-speed open-road tolls. In 2011, the MTA took a small step toward [...]
Tri-State: Lower Than Expected Loan for TZB Could Lead to Steeper Tolls
For immediate release: March 8, 2013 Contact: Veronica Vanterpool, 212-268-7474 or 917-957-9748
Statement of Tri-State Transportation Campaign Executive Director Veronica Vanterpool on the report of New York State’s federal loan application moving forward:
New York State’s taxpayers will be paying more money [...]
New York State officials have not yet submitted the formal application for a TIFIA loan, but they seem confident the Tappan Zee project will receive funding. | Photo: The Journal News
The unveiling of a financing plan for the Tappan Zee Bridge is becoming a classic chicken and egg scenario. New York State [...]
The proposed Tappan Zee Bridge still lacks a financing plan. (Source: Transportation Nation)
Last Thursday, the NYS Thruway Authority announced that it will be borrowing $500 million to pay for the initial construction phases of the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project. Unfortunately, the state still has not outlined a plan to pay back [...]
The latest step in the Governor Cuomo’s march toward building a new Tappan Zee Bridge was taken yesterday when the New York State Thruway Authority’s Board of Directors accepted Tappan Zee Constructor’s $3.1 billion bid to replace the existing transit-less span with two new, wider transit-less spans. When accounting for additional costs that include [...]
Four months after it was initially promised, the New York State Thruway Authority has announced the much-anticipated Mass Transit Task Force for the new Tappan Zee Bridge. We’re also pleased to report that TSTC’s Executive Director, Veronica Vanterpool, has been selected to serve on the Task Force.
Over the course of the next year, [...]
Rendering of Design Proposal 1 for the new Tappan Zee Bridge | Image: New York State Thruway Authority
Over a year after New York State announced a new Tappan Zee Bridge project, yesterday the New York State Thruway Authority released basic sketches and cost estimates for the three Tappan Zee Bridge replacement proposals [...]
 The capitol building in Albany On Tuesday, November 6th, New York voters will decide who goes to Albany in 2013. Every seat in the New York State Senate and Assembly is being contested, which means that—no matter where you live in the state—your ballot will influence transportation policy.
This year, four organizations—NY Bicycling Coalition, NYPIRG’s Straphangers Campaign, Transportation Alternatives, and Tri-State Transportation Campaign—teamed up to coordinate a survey to find out more about the candidates’ transportation priorities. Every candidate for a New York State Senate or Assembly seat was invited to respond. Their responses provide voters with a unique opportunity to evaluate where their candidates stand on the transportation policy issues that affect New York State’s road, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, and transit infrastructure. Below is a sampling of questions and responses. At the bottom of this post, you can find each respondent’s answers.
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The I-78 toll plaza near the NJ/PA border.
Last week, the New York State Thruway Authority opened highway-speed tolling lanes at its Woodbury toll plaza in Orange County, the first Thruway plaza to offer open-road toll lanes for both personal and commercial travelers.
Also last week, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission [...]
New York’s legislative session shows little sign of cooling down, with four potentially impactful bills introduced into the State Assembly and Senate Transportation Committees last month. The bills would mandate complete streets, create a regional bus authority, introduce new penalties for careless driving, and require the MTA and Thruway Authority to implement high-speed tolling [...]
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