Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Verrazano Bridge

Senate Joins Assembly in Rejecting Cuomo’s $40 Million Transit Raid

By Stephen Miller | Mar 14, 2014 | 7 Comments

This week kicked off with news that Speaker Sheldon Silver would remove Governor Andrew Cuomo’s $40 million transit raid from the Assembly’s budget plan. Today comes word [PDF] that the State Senate has followed suit, rejecting the transit raid in its own budget resolution. A united front from the Senate and Assembly provides a boost […]

Cuomo Electioneering: Robbing From Transit to Pay Staten Island Motorists

By Ben Fried | Feb 6, 2014 | 47 Comments

Which governor is worse on transit issues, Chris Christie or Andrew Cuomo? Amazingly, New York’s chief executive could win this race to the bottom. The latest move from Cuomo would cut a guaranteed source of revenue for the MTA that Albany can never raid for its own purposes. Ken Lovett at the Daily News had […]

Verrazano Bridge Path Advocates Release Map, Ask MTA to Commit to Study

By Stephen Miller | Sep 27, 2013 | 14 Comments

The Harbor Ring Committee, a coalition working to complete the missing link in a route around New York Harbor with a bicycle and pedestrian path across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, has released a map of the bike route, a 50-mile loop across four boroughs and Hudson County, New Jersey. Meanwhile, advocates are trying to get the […]

Streetfilms Flashback: The 2 AM Ride Across the Verrazano Bridge

By Ben Fried | Jun 28, 2013 | 7 Comments

Clarence has been rifling through the vault for old footage as he prepares a montage for Transportation Alternatives’ 40th birthday bash. He’s turned up some classic clips going back to the mid-90s, and we’ll be sharing some of them this summer on Friday afternoons. Some background: Before there was Streetfilms, Clarence made a cable access […]

Advocates Call on Cuomo to Support Path on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

By Stephen Miller | Mar 29, 2013 | 14 Comments

Next year, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge will mark its 50th anniversary. Although the structure was designed to accommodate pedestrian and bicycle paths, they were never included. Now, advocates are hoping a renewed push can close the gap in what they’re calling the Harbor Ring, a 50-mile loop around Upper New York Bay. This week, the initiative launched […]

The Long-Missing Link: New Push for Verrazano Bridge Bike-Ped Path

By Stephen Miller | Oct 4, 2012 | 15 Comments

Before the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1964, New Yorkers on foot or bike could travel between Staten Island and Brooklyn by taking a ferry from 69th Street in Bay Ridge to St. George. Since the bridge opened, there are only two times each year when people are allowed to cross it under their own power: […]

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