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The Tappan Zee Questions Cuomo Won’t Answer and the Times Won’t Ask
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 governor's office for Tappan Zee questions, but send them instead to the Thruway Authority, complained that we hadn't reached out to him and insisted that we include this statement:
June 27, 2012
Astorino and Vanderhoef Can Block Transit-Less Tappan Zee. Will They?
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.
June 26, 2012
Transit-Free Tappan Zee Bridge Financial Plan: It’s “Dynamic”!
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?
May 29, 2012
Advocates Ask for TZB Details, Cuomo Admin Gives Them the Runaround
The Cuomo administration has not released basic information about its plans for a new Tappan Zee Bridge that should have been made public under New York's freedom of information laws, say leading transportation and environmental advocates. The Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the conservation group Riverkeeper say it's one way that the Cuomo administration has short-circuited the public process in its rush to build the bridge.
April 17, 2012
Advocates: Tappan Zee Plans Violate State, Federal Environmental Laws
Governor Andrew Cuomo's rushed plans for a transit-free Tappan Zee Bridge are shortsighted and increasingly unpopular. They may also be illegal.
April 3, 2012
Tarrytown Joins Westchester Towns Calling on Cuomo to Build Transit on TZB
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.
March 26, 2012
Orange County, New Rochelle, Wesley Hills Join Push for TZB Transit
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 river, too, continue to sign on in support of new cross-county transit, which the Cuomo administration removed from the project, disregarding a decade of public planning.
March 15, 2012
Monday: No More Detour on the Manhattan Bridge
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 no casualties (except for the credibility of the Daily News editorial page).
March 2, 2012
Thruway Authority’s Tappan Zee “Fact-Check” Sets Cuomo’s Pants on Fire
Looks like the Cuomo administration is starting to feel the heat for taking transit out of plans for the new Tappan Zee Bridge. A press release yesterday from the Thruway Authority shows the agency looking a bit defensive about its transit-free bridge, which has been criticized by an ever-growing number of Hudson Valley residents, municipalities and elected officials.
March 1, 2012
Yonkers, Greenburgh, Dobbs Ferry Vote Unanimously For Tappan Zee Transit
Last night, hundreds of Rockland County residents gathered at the Palisades Mall to tell the Cuomo administration that a transit-free replacement Tappan Zee Bridge isn't acceptable. In Westchester, too, support for transit across the bridge is running high. Three more local governments have passed unanimous resolutions supporting Tappan Zee transit: the city of Yonkers, the town of Greenburgh and the village of Dobbs Ferry.
February 29, 2012