Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridges

State Reports Belie Cuomo’s Claim That Tappan Zee Transit Will Cost $5B

By Noah Kazis | Jul 11, 2012 | 5 Comments

At the beginning of the week, Governor Andrew Cuomo launched a media offensive to defend his decision to halt all work on building new transit infrastructure across the Tappan Zee Bridge. “The bus system would roughly double the cost of the bridge,” Cuomo told radio host Fred Dicker. But according to recently released state documents reviewed […]

County Execs Want More Details Before Voting on Tappan Zee Replacement

By Ben Fried | Jul 5, 2012 | No Comments

Faced with a crucial vote that could have set federal funding in motion for the Cuomo administration’s transit-less Tappan Zee Bridge replacement, three county leaders have asked for more information before signing off on the project. The Journal News reports that Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, Orange County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, and Putnam County […]

Cuomo Admin Makes Small First Move to Improve Transit on Tappan Zee

By Noah Kazis | Jun 29, 2012 | 7 Comments

Last night Hudson Valley commuters got their first taste of good news when it comes to building transit across the Tappan Zee Bridge. As reported by the Journal News’ Khurram Saeed, the Cuomo administration now says it will allow buses to use the “emergency access” lanes it intends to build on both spans of the […]

The Tappan Zee Questions Cuomo Won’t Answer and the Times Won’t Ask

By Noah Kazis | Jun 27, 2012 | 3 Comments

After reporting yesterday that the Westchester and Rockland county executives have the power to put the brakes on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s plans for a new Tappan Zee Bridge built without transit, Streetsblog received an email from Cuomo spokesperson Matt Wing. Wing, who has in the past told us that we were not to contact the […]

Astorino and Vanderhoef Can Block Transit-Less Tappan Zee. Will They?

By Noah Kazis | Jun 26, 2012 | 3 Comments

County Executives Rob Astorino and C. Scott Vanderhoef have been two of the most consistent and vocal advocates of restoring transit to the plans for a new Tappan Zee Bridge. They have understood that Westchester and Rockland County commuters need a way to travel east-west without a car and need congestion relief on crowded I-287. […]

Transit-Free Tappan Zee Bridge Financial Plan: It’s “Dynamic”!

By Noah Kazis | May 29, 2012 | 7 Comments

The Cuomo administration plans to select a team to build the new Tappan Zee Bridge this summer and begin construction this year. So it’s about time for the governor to say how he plans to pay for the bridge, right? Luckily, in order to comply with federal transportation law, the state issued a financial summary […]

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