Not exact matches
The feds are probing how stimulus funds have been used in four of the
city's largest
transit projects — all of which are behind schedule.
ALBANY, N.Y. >> Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a new big -
projects agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $ 29 billion mass
transit overhaul in New York
City, but critics worry about a power grab by the famously hands - on leader.
«While this
project is an important addition to the regional mass
transit system serving New York
City and Long Island, taxpayers will have to bear the brunt of these unanticipated costs.
Cuomo also tried to divert the
city's real estate taxes to pay for
transit projects, though that gained little traction in Albany and has been shelved for the moment.
Cuomo pitched a new big -
projects agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $ 29 billion mass
transit overhaul in New York
City, but critics worry about a power grab by the famously hands - on leader.
The most recent reason for his new unpopularity comes from the new frustrations
city residents face riding public
transit, with its never - ending breakdowns,
project delays and general mismanagement.
The group
projects that its plan would yield roughly $ 1.47 billion in annual revenue and proposes directing $ 1.1 billion to public
transit and the rest to the
city's bridges and roads.
He wants
City Hall's say - so on
transit projects.
In this new era of good feelings, Cuomo should agree to modify a budget measure letting the MTA collect a slice of
city property tax when a
transit project boosts a neighborhood's value.
The Bronx Council on the Arts, located at the Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street), hosts three exhibitions through May 7: In the
City: Memory, Places and Spaces, which includes works on migration and urban planning; Transmit - Transit: Hatuey Ramos - Fermin @ The Project Room, featuring traveling in the city and ethnic diversity; and Impractical Hats: Indie Crafts Reinvent Everyday Gear, featuring construction of hats in unorthodox w
City: Memory, Places and Spaces, which includes works on migration and urban planning; Transmit -
Transit: Hatuey Ramos - Fermin @ The
Project Room, featuring traveling in the
city and ethnic diversity; and Impractical Hats: Indie Crafts Reinvent Everyday Gear, featuring construction of hats in unorthodox w
city and ethnic diversity; and Impractical Hats: Indie Crafts Reinvent Everyday Gear, featuring construction of hats in unorthodox ways.
The plan, which would provide a link between Secaucus Junction, one of New Jersey's major
transit hubs, and the New York
City subway system, was floated by the Bloomberg administration last week in response to Christie's termination of a multi-billion dollar Hudson River rail
project.
DUNKIRK - As part of a demonstration
project and in an effort to encourage riders to be more active, Chautauqua Area Regional
Transit System (CARTS) has recently installed bike racks on the CARTS buses that travel the two Dunkirk
city fixed... [Read more...]
De Blasio has said that Albany would have to end raids on funds meant to operate the
transit system and give the
city more of a say in what
projects get funded.
The rival pols have been locked in a feud over who should pay for the
transit agency's capital plan to fund expansion and maintenance
projects, with Cuomo demanding de Blasio increase the
city's contribution to $ 3.2 billion.
De Blasio opposes direct
city funding for the
project, instead using it to promote his long - shot
transit tax on high - earning New Yorkers that must pass in Albany.
Instead, Gates said, the
city should build more housing in the
transit - rich area while ensuring that a sufficient amount of it is affordable under Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) guidelines, which require affordable housing in any area or
project that is upzoned to add housing density.
The Regional Planning Association has pitched two major
transit projects aimed at coping with an influx of commuters and the
city's aging infrastructure.
It might not seem as sexy as Tesla or Google's driverless car
projects, but the trial demonstrates how most people are likely to first experience driverless cars: as a shared
transit system in
city centres.
Tenth - grade world history students interview Chinese immigrants and record their stories; ninth - grade physical science students design and strength - test mock airplane wings; junior English students research, write, and illustrate children's nonfiction picture books; algebra students of all grades investigate a public -
transit problem and propose solutions to
city officials; sophomore geometry students build scale models of museums they've designed; students across the grades in an environmental - stewardship class raise public awareness of a polluted river — all are examples of academically challenging
projects that also manage to engage the minds, hands, and hearts of most high school students across a wide range of abilities and interests.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New Jersey
Transit, and Amtrak, along with high - level elected officials in New York and New Jersey, are working to advance the Gateway program of
projects to improve commuter and intercity rail access to New York
City from New Jersey.
PIERRE, S.D. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood toured a significantly modernized and expanded River
Cities Transit Facility in South Dakota today, which received approximately $ 5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the project and related transit improv
Transit Facility in South Dakota today, which received approximately $ 5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the
project and related
transit improv
transit improvements.
The
project aims to provide
transit authorities with a flexible, more efficient drivetrain and a longer range zero - tailpipe - emission capability for inner -
city... Read more →
One of the largest employers is the Portland - Milwaukie Light Rail
Transit Project, which will create a 7.3 - mile rail system connecting the two
cities.
14) Theaster Gates: Known for his juggernaut urban reclamation
project, Gates was awarded a $ 1.3 million contract by the Chicago
Transit Authority to create the
city's largest public artwork
project in its history; and $ 50,000 of that will go toward activities for community engagement.
The two train
projects join the ranks of
city transit services worldwide attempting to make our daily commutes more interesting and inspirational.
LAURI HAS CREATED PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS FOR Creative Time Central Park Conservancy Flux
Projects (debut artist High Museum of Art Paradise Garden Foundation Miami Art Basel: Aqua Art Atlanta Beltline Urban Development Metro Atlanta Rapid
Transit Authority Le Flash Roswell Arts Renaissance Luminosity Gainesville Arts Council
City of Dalton Georgia Department of Economic Development
City of Warm Springs + Meriwether County Rabun County
City of Madison
City of Griffin + Spalding County Pasaquan Preservation Society
City of Kingsland PNC Arts on the Vineyard France Atlanta saultopaul + Walker County
Park Road Underpass Art
Project, Rockville, MD — Deadline: Friday, March 30, 2018 — The
City of Rockville, in collaboration with WMATA's Art in
Transit Program and CSXT, is seeking an artist to create a site - specific artwork to beautify the underpass at Park Road.
Jonathan Bartlett (MFA 2009 Illustration as Visual Essay) Illustrator and designer; chosen as designer for the Art Wall
Project for the facade of Ralph Lauren's Denim & Supply store, NYC (2013); poster design selected for New York
City Metropolitan
Transit Authority's Arts for
Transit program (2012); Art Directors Club Young Guns winner (2011); 3X3 Magazine Annual cover art; illustrator for Saks Fifth Ave. displays; designer of several book covers; clients include The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wired, The Atlantic, Playboy and Mother Jones.
Even
cities historically resistant to mass
transit are incorporating
projects to improve congestion and solve the «last mile» problem — how to get people from a transportation hub to their home or office.
His big
project right now is trying to incorporate Uber into the calculations — a far bigger factor in New York
City transit in 2017 than in 2014 — which involved reverse - engineering its fare structure using customer receipts.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning unveiled details of the
city's first Bus Rapid
Transit project, called «Select Bus Service,» to debut on the Bx12 line, which follows 207th Street in Northern Manhattan and Fordham Road and Pelham Parkway in the Bronx.
This conference has highlighted just how much local leadership there is on the issue of climate change and how many innovative new
projects are going on in
cities around the country: Seattle's incentives for greening existing buildings, Los Angeles's million tree initiative, Miami's bus rapid
transit program — and the list goes on.
The video above shows a conversation between The Open Planning
Project's Executive Director, Mark Gorton, and the Commissioner, and covers everything from physically separated bike lanes to reclaiming public space for people, through freeing up bus lanes for faster mass
transit, and even the psychology of the street — how cues from the environment can help create cultural shift in the
city's drivers.
Counsel to Infrastructure Ontario with respect to the design, build, finance and maintain
project for the development of a light - rail
transit line across the
city of Toronto.
It also uses external law firms for large
projects, such as the Friends of Lansdowne litigation and the
city's $ 2 - billion light - rail
transit project.
«We were used to the traditional, hands - on approach to municipal construction, so this was very different,» Claudia Pooli, a solicitor with the
City of Edmonton, says of the Alberta capital's first P3
project, a light rail
transit system that's being built with participation from three levels of government: municipal, provincial and federal.
Gallinar said the mixed - use
projects built near
transit stations will be the first of their kind in the West Texas
city.
This small Ottawa neighbourhood is set to have a major impact on the
city in the coming years, with new condo
projects, urban
transit and light rail stations, and commercial developments all planned for the area.