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Cuomo Primed to Splurge on Jumbo-Sized Tappan Zee With Extra Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Jan 25, 2012 | 17 Comments

The Cuomo administration’s plan for the new Tappan Zee Bridge, described in yesterday’s draft environmental impact statement, is more than a missed opportunity to provide New Yorkers with faster and greener commutes using transit. It also foreshadows a potential environmental disaster, as the state prepares to spend huge sums on a span that can funnel […]

Tappan Zee Draft EIS Underscores Cuomo Admin’s Disregard for Transit

By Noah Kazis | Jan 25, 2012 | 2 Comments

The Cuomo administration’s latest thinking on the new Tappan Zee Bridge, contained in the draft environmental impact statement it released yesterday, reinforces the state’s commitment to building a sprawl-inducing, highway-only bridge. The document not only dismisses bus rapid transit, but also clears the way for an enormous expansion of automobile capacity and makes a mockery […]

Public-Private Partnerships Won’t Solve New York’s Transpo Funding Crisis

By Noah Kazis | Dec 5, 2011 | 7 Comments

Governor Andrew Cuomo sent out an “editorial” this weekend putting infrastructure investment at the center of his job creation agenda. In a rough outline, the governor touted public-private partnerships (or PPPs, as they’re known) as a key mechanism to pay for “the repair and development of highways, bridges and major construction projects.” It also happens […]

What If There Were Tolls on the BQE?

By Noah Kazis | Nov 30, 2011 | 33 Comments

The state Department of Transportation announced yesterday the cancellation of plans to rebuild 5.3 miles of the BQE and the Gowanus Expressway. It wasn’t a new round of freeway revolts that killed these projects but the state’s busted transportation budget. “The economic downturn has affected all areas of government and Transportation is not an exception; […]

DOT Chief Claims Cuomo “Not Slowing Down Transit” on Tappan Zee

By Noah Kazis | Nov 17, 2011 | 6 Comments

State transportation commissioner Joan McDonald deserves an award for chutzpah. In the face of overwhelming opposition from local elected officials to the state’s decision to build the new Tappan Zee Bridge without transit, McDonald has, incredibly, taken the stance that the state did no such thing. Here’s McDonald, quoted twice by Transportation Nation’s Kate Hinds: […]

Who Killed Transit on the New Tappan Zee? Feds and State DOT Won’t Say.

By Noah Kazis | Oct 24, 2011 | 26 Comments

Call it the mystery of the missing transit. One of the state’s biggest transit projects, in the works for nearly a decade, was canceled overnight and no one will explain why, or even claim responsibility for the decision. Two weeks ago, each of the four alternatives for replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge included a new […]

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