February 4, 2012

Who Will Stop the Tappan Zee Bridge-doggle?

Photo Credit: Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing Scoping Information Packet, Oct 2011

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...]

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As Others See Us: Tappan Zee Bridge Storefront For Sale

TZB Nyack Storefront For Sale, 201201

StreetsBlog is running a caption contest for one of the empty storefronts in Nyack. Like many small businesses with a "For Sale" sign in the window, this shuttered storefront started with high hopes and ended with broken dreams. The Tappan Zee Bridge I-287 Environmental Review space has been … [Read more...]

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TZB: Damn the Environment, Full Speed Ahead

Tappan Zee Bridge from Tarrytown Train Station, 12/31/2011. Credit: Dave Zornow

NYSDOT Green Lights DEIS; Environmentalists Fume $16 Tolls On The Way? by Dave Zornow Nyack, Jan 27 -- The New York State Department of Transportation released the Tappan Zee Bridge Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) this week and found no reason to back off Governor Cuomo's … [Read more...]

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The Battle Over BRT on the TZB: Dueling Websites

TZB in Rain Feb2010. Photo Credit: Pix E. at Nyack Snap (http://nyackphotos.blogspot.com/2010/02/nyack-snow-day.html)

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...]

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Mass Transit Yes; New Tappan Zee Bridge No

Postcard of the Nyack Railroad. Source: Historical Society of the Nyacks. "Located along Depot Place (today's Railroad Avenue) reaching to Cedar Hill Avenue. A steam locomotive is shown on the turntable in the rear, where its direction is reversed for the return trip to Jersey City. The railroad service to Nyack began in 1870 and at its peak, ran almost 20 trains daily, in both directions. The "Flyer" left Nyack around 8:00 a.m. each morning, picked up commuters in South Nyack, Grandview, Piermont, and Sparkill, and, after a nonstop run to Jersey City and a ferry ride across the river, delivered its passengers to Wall Street in time for the 9:00 a.m. market opening."

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...]

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Nyack Historical Society on The Tappan Zee Bridge

Nyack Historical Society at the DePew House. Photo Credit: Bob Goldberg 201108

by Win Perry Nyack's historical society wrote to Tappan Zee Bridge Project Director Michael P. Anderson to express concerns about the possible impact a new bridge may have on properties of historical significance in the Lower Hudson Valley. As President of the Historical Society of the Nyacks, a … [Read more...]

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TZx, TOR OK for MLK Day. Metro North: Sat Sched

Rockland County Bus

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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Poll Says: “I Want My TZB…” with Mass Transit

Tappan Zee Bridge from Tarrytown Train Station, 12/31/2011. Credit: Dave Zornow

Political Alert: Bridge Crosses Potential Voters, Too by Dave Zornow Nyack, Jan 2 -- More than eight out of ten people living in the Nyack River Villages want a new Tappan Zee Bridge to include some form of mass transit, according to a survey conducted between Dec 22 and 28. The vast majority … [Read more...]

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2011 Images of Nyack

HopperHappens, Veterans Park, May 27, 2011. Photo Credit: Kris Burns

by Dave Zornow Nyack, Dec 30 -- If a picture can conjure a thousands words, here are some of the more memorable photos, illustrations and graphics in 2011. Without further ado and the thousand words, here's our look back at 2011. There was snow -- and lots of it.The first official snow of … [Read more...]

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Fact & Fiction: Nyack, Brooklyn & the Tappan Zee Bridge

A modern map which approximates the relative size and location of the settled areas of New Netherland and New Sweden, which was never officially recognized by the Dutch Republic. Source: Wikipedia

Nyack, Dec 23 -- Looking back, it was 350 years ago this week when the natives of Nyack lost jurisdiction over part of Brooklyn. Looking ahead, blogger Cap'n Transit offers 100 Years of the Tappan Zee Bridge -- a food-for-thought view of where today's transportation decisions might be taking … [Read more...]

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