Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sandy

Bloomberg’s Resiliency Plan Calls for Permanent Bus, Ferry Expansion

By Stephen Miller | Jun 12, 2013 | 32 Comments

Yesterday afternoon, Mayor Bloomberg unveiled a resiliency plan to better prepare New York for flooding due to climate change and severe storms. The report’s team, put together in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and led by Economic Development Corporation President Seth Pinsky, used the administration’s PlaNYC 2030 sustainability plan as the foundation for a sweeping […]

What Will It Take to Enact the Sandy Commission’s Transportation Proposals?

By Stephen Miller | Jan 15, 2013 | 1 Comment

Governor Cuomo’s post-Sandy infrastructure commission unveiled its recommendations [PDF] last week, and while it focused heavily on hardening the city’s transportation network against future storms, it also offered glimpses of how infrastructure could be more resilient in the wake of disaster, with Bus Rapid Transit playing a prominent role. In addition to BRT, the report from the […]

New York Needs Cuomo to Talk Transit in Tomorrow’s State of the State

By Stephen Miller | Jan 8, 2013 | 2 Comments

In his State of the State address tomorrow afternoon, Governor Andrew Cuomo has the opportunity to set the tone for transportation policy in the year ahead. And with the NYC region’s transit system having absorbed billions of dollars worth of damage from Hurricane Sandy, it’s going to be a very important year indeed. Cuomo has to […]

NYU Report: NYC’s Exclusive Busways Shouldn’t Be for Emergencies Only

By Stephen Miller | Nov 26, 2012 | 3 Comments

The city and state need to shift gears to create a more resilient transportation network in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, a group of New York University transportation researchers argue in a report released this morning. Chief among their recommendations: New York must get serious about Bus Rapid Transit and create permanent, physically-separated transit lanes to keep […]

Who Runs the MTA? Check Governor Cuomo’s Website for the Answer…

By Stephen Miller | Nov 19, 2012 | 1 Comment

The MTA — the agency elected officials usually try to distance themselves from as much as possible — has lately been serving as the model for effective post-Sandy recovery. And in a welcome turn, Governor Andrew Cuomo himself has taken center stage when all eyes are on the MTA’s performance. There are even real-time MTA service status […]

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