Sentences with phrase «city transit projects»

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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 wCity: 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 wcity 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 improvTransit Facility in South Dakota today, which received approximately $ 5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the project and related transit improvtransit 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.

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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.