Open-Road Tolls Arrive in Hudson Valley, NJ/PA Border

by Steven Higashide

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 [...]

May 21st, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Thruway Authority | Leave a comment

Complete Streets Headlines Slate of NYS Transportation Bills

by Steven Higashide

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 [...]

June 1st, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Complete Streets, MTA, New York, Thruway Authority | 4 comments

Thruway Authority Can Help Open Door to Tappan Zee Transit

by Kyle Wiswall

The NYS Thruway Authority can't operate buses and trains over a new Tappan Zee Bridge, but it can help pay for the bus lanes and tracks.

One of the unresolved questions about the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 corridor project is who will run the bus rapid transit and commuter rail systems planned for the [...]

January 29th, 2009 | Category: Tappan Zee/I-287 Corridor, Thruway Authority | 5 comments

NY, NJ, CT Stimulus Wish Lists: Reasonable, Disappointing, Secret

by Steven Higashide

The East Side Access and Garden State Parkway widening projects are both in search of federal dollars.

Transportation advocates are still fighting to get more transit funding into the economic stimulus bill, with anywhere from $9-12 billion likely to be included in the final package. But another important question is where that money [...]

January 27th, 2009 | Category: ConnDOT, Federal Policy, MTA, NJ Transit, NJ Turnpike Authority, NJDOT, NYSDOT, Thruway Authority | 12 comments

In Search of a Rational Toll Policy for the Tappan Zee Bridge

by Steven Higashide

Before the New York State Thruway Authority delayed its scheduled Nov. 19 board meeting, the speculation was that the authority might finally implement congestion pricing for passenger cars on the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Truck tolls on the Tappan Zee Bridge are doubled at peak hours, but passenger car tolls are currently set [...]

November 26th, 2007 | Category: Hudson Valley, Tappan Zee/I-287 Corridor, Thruway Authority | One comment