Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridges
Hasty Vote on Cuomo’s TZ Bridge May Violate Federal Rules [Updated]
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Now that the Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam county executives have signaled their support for a new Tappan Zee Bridge, the Cuomo administration is again pushing the project forward at a furious pace. So fast, in fact, that it may violate federal rules. Notice went out this afternoon that the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council will […]
County Execs Support Cuomo’s TZB in Exchange for Study Groups
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County executives from Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties announced their support for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Tappan Zee Bridge project yesterday, clearing the way for the project to seek federal funding. The executives, who had withheld support until now, received two concessions: A guarantee of rush hour bus lanes on the new bridge, and the creation of […]
Fend Off the Tappan Zee Death Spiral With a Bridge Diet
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Bloomberg reports today that Governor Andrew Cuomo has charged the Thruway Authority with appointing a panel to “find alternatives, revenue generators and cost reductions that reduce the potential toll increases” on the replacement Tappan Zee Bridge. The Cuomo administration revealed late last week that the superwide, transit-less replacement bridge — estimated to cost $5.2 billion — […]
Council Members Propose Widening Brooklyn Bridge Bike-Ped Path
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Council Members Brad Lander, Margaret Chin, and Stephen Levin — along with advocates from Transportation Alternatives — stood at the Manhattan entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge this morning and put forth a proposal to expand the bridge’s increasingly popular and exceedingly cramped bike and pedestrian path. “It’s about time, in 2012, that we update it […]
With Tolls Projected to Nearly Triple, New TZB Risks Financial Death Spiral
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Well, this explains why the Cuomo administration has been so reluctant to discuss how to pay for the new Tappan Zee Bridge. At a public meeting last night, Secretary to the Governor Larry Schwartz told the crowd that cash tolls would rise to $14 on the replacement bridge, with a slight discount for E-ZPass holders […]