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Cuomo’s Green Agenda Comes Out Swinging for Smart Growth

By Noah Kazis | Nov 2, 2010 | 1 Comment

Last Friday, Andrew Cuomo released his green agenda, the final installment in a series of policy papers his campaign published over the last few months. In it, Cuomo strongly endorses smart growth and suggests the creation of a competitive grant program to encourage better planning. He also expresses his support for high speed rail, public […]

State DOT Delays Funding for NYC Bike-Ped Projects [Updated]

By Noah Kazis | Nov 1, 2010 | No Comments

Last week the Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s Michelle Ernst reported that an important funding stream for bike and pedestrian projects is currently stalled. New York State DOT’s Transportation Enhancements Program, which is largely funded by the feds, normally distributes grants for bike and pedestrian projects every two to three years. As Ernst reports, however, it’s already […]

New York Transportation Officials: We’re Broke

By Noah Kazis | Sep 27, 2010 | 8 Comments

The state’s top transportation officials delivered some tough news to the construction industry Friday: Public agencies are so cash-strapped they don’t even have enough money to maintain existing infrastructure. With budgets battered by rising maintenance costs and recession-ravaged revenues, an industry-sponsored conference offered little prospect of further expansions to the state’s transportation system beyond the […]

What Should Replace the Sheridan? TIGER II Could Fund an Official Answer

By Noah Kazis | Aug 30, 2010 | 2 Comments

A city-endorsed plan for the site of the Sheridan Expressway could help replace that highway with housing, jobs, and parks. NYC DOT just applied for federal funding for such a study. Image: Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance Thirteen projects in the New York City region are up for consideration to receive funding from the U.S. […]

A Transportation Agenda for New York’s Next Governor

By Kate Slevin | Aug 4, 2010 | 11 Comments

Kate Slevin is executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, and this post was originally published on TSTC’s blog, Mobilizing the Region. If and when the candidates produce transportation platforms, we’ll see whether they acknowledge the truth inherent in many of these proposals: You don’t have to spend big on transportation to achieve big improvements […]

Advocates: State DOT Analysis Engineered to Preclude Sheridan Teardown

By Noah Kazis | Jul 14, 2010 | 28 Comments

The Sheridan Expressway runs only 1.25 miles between the Cross-Bronx and Bruckner Expressways. This option, one of two remaining alternatives, would remove it entirely. Image: NYSDOT At a public meeting last night, the state Department of Transportation released a traffic analysis of the proposal to tear down the Sheridan Expressway, the Moses-era "highway to nowhere" […]

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