Community news and opinion for Nyack, NY
by Harriet Cornell Rockland County Legislator Chairwoman Harriet Cornell made the following statement at a public hearing on the Tappan Zee Bridge Hudson River Crossing Project held at the Palisades Center Mall on Tuesday, February 28, 2012. While many say the project has taken too long, I call … [Read more...]
by Patricia DuBow Here are South Nyack Mayor Patricia DuBow's remarks about the proposed Tappan Zee Bridge, delivered at a Feb 28 public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the project. It’s 1952 all over again. Once again, the state plans to bulldoze South Nyack. The … [Read more...]
by Jen White Nyack's Mayor Jen White addressed planners and officials from the NYS Department of Transportation on Tuesday at a public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Tappan Zee Hudson Crossing Project. I am going to begin where I began six months ago…by thanking … [Read more...]
by Dave Zornow Although there’s no truth to the rumor that Andrew Cuomo ends each Tappan Zee Bridge meeting with the words, “May The Political Force Be With You,” he did perform a feat worthy of Obi-Wan Kenobi last week. New York’s governor used only four words to inspire the public, … [Read more...]
Nyack, Feb 19 -- If you are working on Monday -- or just taking Metro North into NYC or beyond -- remember that the Tappan Zee Express bus will be operating on a Saturday schedule. You can see the Saturday schedule on Monday by visiting tzxBus.com and clicking on the Saturday schedule … [Read more...]
by Dani Simons Sustainable transportation advocate Dani Simons worked with StreetFilms.org to produce a five minute documentary on how the hurry-up offensive push to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge sacrificed previously promised mass transit components. The film includes a number of local elected … [Read more...]
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...]
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