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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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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