Community news and opinion for Nyack, NY
by Cap’n Transit Last week the Federal Highway Administration released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Tappan Zee Bridge reconstruction project. This is big news because it finds, in the words of an Associated Press writer, "no ecology obstacles" to the plan. However, lots … [Read more...]
by Dave Zornow Nyack, Jan 19 -- This week, a pro-buses-on-the-bridge group launched a Website in response to last week's announcement by a pro-Cuomo/anti-bus group which was in response to a December pro-mass-transit-announcement by a coalition of regional politicians. Confused yet? Wait, … [Read more...]
Here's a unique Back-To-The-Future idea about improving Rockland commuters' weekday trip to NYC without building a new Tappan Zee Bridge. The Pedestrian Observations blog says electrifying several of the old rail lines that cross Rockland, Orange and Bergen counties can achieve some of the goals of … [Read more...]
On Martin Luther King day, Mon Jan 16, Metro-North trains will run on a Saturday schedule. All Tappan Zee Express (TZx), Transport of Rockland (TOR) and Clarkstown Mini-Trans buses will follow a normal weekday schedule. These other bus routes will see service changes for the … [Read more...]
by Dave Zornow Nyack, Dec 16 -- Pity the poor Tappan Zee Bridge. How would you feel if you turned 56 and people said you were old, run down and needed to be replaced? On December 15, 1955, the TZB opened to regular traffic for the first time. On December 15, 2011, an unlikely coalition of 11 … [Read more...]
by Kipp Jarden The plans to fast track a new Tappan Zee Bridge don't include any of the previously promised trains or buses to ease congestion. But they do include shoulders and a dedicated lane for emergencies -- be they political or otherwise. Illustrator Kipp Jarden is a Nyack native with a … [Read more...]
Statements by a leading Hudson River environmental group and a Rockland County Assemblywoman this week offered opposing points of view on building a new Tappan Zee Bridge. Riverkeeper, an organization dedicated to defending the Hudson River, "expresses extreme concern" about the project, saying the … [Read more...]
Ever since Governor Cuomo announced a hurry-up offense to break ground on a new Tappan Zee Bridge by next Fall, transportation planners, politicians and the public have asked: what happened to the Commuter Rapid Transit (CRT) trains and the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)? The original project -- priced at … [Read more...]
Nyack, Nov 27 -- Virtually all of the Tappan Zee Bridge conversations from the public and the politicians have been centered around the theme of "Build Us A Bridge...but where's the mass transit that was promised?" Here are two opinion pieces from today's news with distinctively contrarian … [Read more...]
The Tappan Zee Bridge has a special relationship with the NYS Thruway. Although we don't think of it as being part of the Thruway system, its strategic position -- less than a half a mile north of where the Port Authority would be able to claim it for its own -- helped provide the collateral for … [Read more...]
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