Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Tappan Zee Bridge

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 […]

Cuomo: Robert Moses Would Be Proud of My Transit-Free Tappan Zee Bridge

By Noah Kazis | May 3, 2012 | 12 Comments

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Tappan Zee Bridge bears all the hallmarks of a Robert Moses project. Cuomo stripped popular transit elements from the original, publicly-conceived plan, leaving only a massive highway. Cuomo has shut down the public outreach process for the bridge entirely. He’s even moving to sign the contracts to build the bridge before answering […]

State GOP: Cuomo’s Transit-Less Tappan Zee Would Be Obsolete on Day One

By Ben Fried | Apr 30, 2012 | 6 Comments

This item slipped under the radar late Friday afternoon: The New York State Republican Party is calling out Governor Andrew Cuomo for abandoning transit on the Tappan Zee Bridge. After the feds declined to invite New York to apply for a low-interest loan to finance construction of a transit-less TZB, the state GOP sent out […]

Feds Reject Loan Application for Cuomo’s Transit-less Tappan Zee Bridge

By Noah Kazis | Apr 26, 2012 | 10 Comments

In a major rebuke to the Cuomo administration’s plans for a transit-less Tappan Zee Bridge, the federal government rejected New York State’s application for a low-interest federal loan yesterday. The loan, which would have been made under the popular TIFIA program, was an important component of Cuomo’s plans to finance the new Tappan Zee. Demand […]

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