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NICE Budget Hole Plugged with Additional County Funding and Cash Fare Hike
Photo: Newsday/John Paraskevas At last week’s Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) Bus Transit Committee meeting, NICE CEO Michael Setzer outlined a plan to fill the $3.3 million deficit in this year’s...
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Advocates Call on Suffolk County to Fund Complete Streets Implementation in...
Advocates called on the Suffolk County Legislature to fund the implementation of Complete Streets this week. | Photo: Ryan Lynch Suffolk County is home to some of the deadliest roads for pedestrians,...
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Suffolk County Set to Establish a Complete Streets Fund
The Suffolk County Legislature is poised to fund the implementation of complete streets infrastructure, like this new sidewalk and bike lane in the Town of Brookhaven, Long Island. | Photo: Liz...
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Suffolk County Legislators Adopt a Complete Streets Implementation Fund
Suffolk County Legislator Rob Calarco | Photo: suffolkcountyny.gov The Suffolk County Legislature voted today to establish a Complete Streets Implementation Fund behind the leadership of Legislator Rob...
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Dan Burden, Advocates Lead Walking Audit on One of Long Island’s Most...
The group crosses Sunrise Highway in Freeport. | Photo: Samantha Thomas/WALC Dan Burden, a national authority on traffic, pedestrian safety and street design, led a walking audit with local elected...
View ArticleLack of Additional Funding from Suffolk State Legislators Leaves County...
Suffolk County Transit riders were left in a lurch after New York State’s legislative session ended without securing funding for expanded bus service last week. Suffolk County State Senators and...
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NYSDOT Advances Balanced Route 112 Plan, But Better Bike Infrastructure Needed
NYSDOT says no to painted bike lanes. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is advancing a project on Route 112 from Granny Road to New York State Route 25 in the Town of Brookhaven...
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Capitalizing on Existing Infrastructure: LIE HOV Potential
Last month, the Long Island Business News included a special section about the Long Island Expressway, analyzing the history of the project, to the land use patterns it fostered along the corridor The...
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Speed Camera Controversy in Nassau County Shows Speeding Bigger Problem than...
A “mobile unit” speed camera on patrol in Bethpage. | Photo: Newsday Late last month, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano dismissed almost $2.5 million in speed camera violations because roughly a...
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Does Nassau County Executive Mangano’s Budget Renege on a NICE Bus Funding...
It appears that any additional funding for NICE bus is going to come from a fare hike — not from Nassau County’s budget. | Photo: Newsday/John Paraskevas Nassau County Legislators are set to hear...
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