Tappan Zee Bridge
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Tappan Zee Draft EIS Underscores Cuomo Admin’s Disregard for Transit
The Cuomo administration's latest thinking on the new Tappan Zee Bridge, contained in the draft environmental impact statement it released yesterday, reinforces the state's commitment to building a sprawl-inducing, highway-only bridge. The document not only dismisses bus rapid transit, but also clears the way for an enormous expansion of automobile capacity and makes a mockery of New York's statewide smart growth law. We'll be breaking down the DEIS in a series of posts today.
January 25, 2012
Fourteen North Westchester Municipalities Join Tappan Zee Transit Coalition
Governor Cuomo, your neighbors have something to tell you.
January 24, 2012
Thruway Director: Private Financing for Tappan Zee Not a Done Deal
While predicting that work on the new Tappan Zee Bridge could start as early as this summer, incoming Thruway Authority executive director Tom Madison revealed at confirmation hearings yesterday that financing for the new bridge is still very much a work in progress.
January 10, 2012
Electeds and Advocates: Tappan Zee Needs Transit From the Start
Support for transit on the new Tappan Zee bridge -- built up over a decade of consensus building and 280 public meetings -- runs deep and broad in the Hudson Valley. Though Governor Andrew Cuomo is already rushing forward with plans to build the bridge without any transit option, 11 local elected officials from both parties and a coalition of 16 environmental, labor, social justice, and transportation organizations have now come together to say that Westchester and Rockland County residents need transit on the Tappan Zee. In a statement released today, the coalition argues that Cuomo can't leave transit to be built later; the Hudson Valley needs transit now.
December 15, 2011
Transit Union Leader Urges Labor to Back Transit on the New Tappan Zee
Despite widespread opposition, Governor Andrew Cuomo is plowing forward with plans to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge without transit. Even so, there's still no plan for how to pay for the bridge. Cuomo has proposed that union pension funds put up some of the money, but there's been no explanation of how those pension funds would be paid back.
December 13, 2011
Cuomo’s DOT Gets Cracking on a Tappan Zee Without Transit
Despite intense opposition from nearly every local elected official and a total lack of public input on the new design, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state Department of Transportation are moving forward with plans to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge without transit.
December 12, 2011
Public-Private Partnerships Won’t Solve New York’s Transpo Funding Crisis
Governor Andrew Cuomo sent out an "editorial" this weekend putting infrastructure investment at the center of his job creation agenda. In a rough outline, the governor touted public-private partnerships (or PPPs, as they're known) as a key mechanism to pay for "the repair and development of highways, bridges and major construction projects."
December 5, 2011
DOT Chief Claims Cuomo “Not Slowing Down Transit” on Tappan Zee
State transportation commissioner Joan McDonald deserves an award for chutzpah. In the face of overwhelming opposition from local elected officials to the state's decision to build the new Tappan Zee Bridge without transit, McDonald has, incredibly, taken the stance that the state did no such thing.
November 17, 2011
New York Can’t Afford to Build a Tappan Zee Bridge With No Transit
According to the State of New York, spending $5.2 billion on a new Tappan Zee Bridge is affordable, but spending another $1 billion for a 30-mile bus rapid transit corridor is a bridge too far.
November 1, 2011
Hudson Valley Elected Officials Blast Decision to Take Transit Off Tappan Zee
After nine years of study and 280 meetings, New York State had reached the conclusion that the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge needed to include transit: both a Metro-North extension and a new cross-county bus rapid transit system. Up until quite recently, state agencies forcefully argued that only transit could improve mobility between Westchester and Rockland Counties and provide a backbone for sustainable future growth. Residents of both counties agreed and bought into the decision. Transit on the Tappan Zee was popular. It was the plan.
October 28, 2011