Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridges

Cuomo Deal Could Clear the Way for a Transit-Oriented Tappan Zee

By Ben Fried | Apr 1, 2012 | 8 Comments

Regrettably, this was an April Fool’s Day post. It should be noted that Streetsblog’s prior April Fool’s Day stories have a way of coming true, at least in part. A little-noticed piece of legislation, passed along with Albany’s budget deal at the Cuomo administration’s request, seems to open the door to building a Tappan Zee […]

Cuomo Plows Ahead on Transit-Free TZB, Heedless of Basic Questions

By Ben Fried | Mar 30, 2012 | 4 Comments

In its headlong rush to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge, the Cuomo administration still hasn’t answered basic questions about why the project won’t include transit or how it will be financed. Today is the last day the Cuomo administration will be accepting public comments on the draft EIS for the new Tappan Zee Bridge. […]

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 […]

Tarrytown Joins Westchester Towns Calling on Cuomo to Build Transit on TZB

By Ben Fried | Mar 26, 2012 | 2 Comments

You can add Tarrytown to the growing list of Hudson Valley suburbs that want Governor Andrew Cuomo to include transit on the new Tappan Zee Bridge, reports Dani Simons at Mobilizing the Region. Tarrytown sits at the foot of the TZB on the eastern bank of the Hudson. Last week the village Board of Trustees […]

Orange County, New Rochelle, Wesley Hills Join Push for TZB Transit

By Noah Kazis | Mar 15, 2012 | 5 Comments

The calls for rapid transit on the Tappan Zee Bridge are coming from more places across the Hudson Valley. This week Orange County Executive Edward Diana joined his colleagues in Westchester and Rockland Counties to demand that bus rapid transit be built on the new Tappan Zee span. Local governments on both sides of the […]

Monday: No More Detour on the Manhattan Bridge

By Ben Fried | Mar 2, 2012 | 2 Comments

After a seven and a half month detour, the time is finally upon us: Starting Monday, cyclists can return to the north side of the Manhattan Bridge, and pedestrians can go back to the south side. The days of biking on the harrowing Bowery detour are just about over, and knock on wood, there were […]

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