Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about New York State DOT

Memo to Daily News: Local NYC Streets Could Also Use State DOT Attention

By Brad Aaron | May 3, 2012 | 2 Comments

After two crashes in six years that caused 13 fatalities and an outcry from an indignant press corps suddenly obsessed with traffic safety, the New York State Department of Transportation has turned its attention to the Bronx River Parkway. The concrete barriers planned for the parkway seem designed to facilitate speeding, but the state DOT […]

Denise Richardson on Highway Tolls, the TZB, and Why Projects Cost So Much

By Noah Kazis | Apr 6, 2012 | 3 Comments

Earlier this week Streetsblog sat down with General Contractors Association Managing Director Denise Richardson for a wide-ranging discussion on the financial state of New York’s transportation systems. In the first installment of the interview, we discussed the MTA’s capital program, which is moving forward with important repair work but saddling transit riders with huge amounts […]

American Planning Association Chapter Demolishes Cuomo Tappan Zee Claims

By Noah Kazis | Mar 27, 2012 | 5 Comments

The New York area’s urban planning community issued a striking rebuke to the Cuomo administration over its plans for a new Tappan Zee Bridge last week. In a letter to the state Department of Transportation [PDF], the regional chapter of the American Planning Association, which represents 1,200 professional planners, challenged the Cuomo administration’s claims about […]

Cuomo Willing to Wait for Tappan Zee Loan, But Not for Tappan Zee Transit

By Noah Kazis | Feb 16, 2012 | No Comments

Using a federal loan to finance $2 billion of the cost of the Tappan Zee Bridge could delay construction work significantly, warns trade journal Project Finance today. Trading time for a low interest rate might save money, but it puts the lie to the Cuomo administration’s claim that adding transit would unacceptably slow the Tappan […]

Tappan Zee Plans Flunk New York’s Smart Growth Test

By Noah Kazis | Jan 25, 2012 | 6 Comments

The Cuomo administration’s plan for an extra-wide, transit-free Tappan Zee Bridge is exactly the kind of project that New York state’s smart growth law is supposed to prevent. Passed in 2010 under David Paterson’s administration, the Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act requires any state infrastructure project to meet 10 smart growth criteria. Under the […]

Cuomo Primed to Splurge on Jumbo-Sized Tappan Zee With Extra Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Jan 25, 2012 | 17 Comments

The Cuomo administration’s plan for the new Tappan Zee Bridge, described in yesterday’s draft environmental impact statement, is more than a missed opportunity to provide New Yorkers with faster and greener commutes using transit. It also foreshadows a potential environmental disaster, as the state prepares to spend huge sums on a span that can funnel […]

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