USDOT Awards $40.26MM for Commuter Rail Grade Crossing Improvements Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
Receiving CARSI grants are: Metrolink operator Southern California Regional Rail Authority ($14,771,250); Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ($1,000,000); New York State Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority and MTA Metro-North Railroad ($19,728,000); Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ($3,335,000); and Washington state’s Sound Transit ($1,421,500).
Five commuter rail agencies will receive a total of $40.26 million in grants for highway/rail grade crossing improvements from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The awards are part of round one of the Commuter Authority Rail Safety Improvement (CARSI) Grants Program.
NY DOT’s Estimate for HOV Lane Extension Is ‘Astronomical’ Councilmember Steven Matteo wants a detailed cost breakdown of extending the HOV lane on the Staten Island Expressway, which the state has estimated to cost as much as $800 million and has been debated for years. Erik Bascome, Staten Island Advance | January 5, 2021 | Analysis
(TNS) As we enter 2021, the five-year fight to extend the HOV lane on the Staten Island Expressway (SIE) wages on, now with an exorbitant price tag hovering over the proposed project.
Since 2017, Councilman Steven Matteo ( R-Mid-Island) has petitioned Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to extend the borough s HOV lane to span the entire length of the Staten Island Expressway, from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge to the Goethals Bridge.
How the search for Gizmo, the missing llama, brought people together in New York
By Sarah Maslin Nir New York Times,Updated January 1, 2021, 1:44 p.m.
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Leo Garcia walked Gizmo, left, back to his paddock at a farm in Bedford Corners, N.Y., on Thursday. Upon his return after being missing since Dec. 13, Gizmo said hello to his fellow llama and friend Sandman.Ryan Christopher Jones/NYT
BEDFORD CORNERS, N.Y. â Diana Heimann is the kind of person who traps mice in her farmhouse and releases them into nature preserves. The kind of person who kept Silkie chickens in her living room and their eggs in the cup holders of her car.
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75 Total Rail Cars Added to Reefs in 2020
Third Year of New York s Artificial Reef Expansion to Restore Marine Habitat and Grow Tourism and Recreation
Photos of the Deployment Can Be Found Here
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the final deployment of rail cars to the state s artificial reef network for 2020 which included the addition of seven rail cars to the Shinnecock Artificial Reef and four rail cars to the Moriches Reef. This final deployment of 2020 brings the total number of rail cars added to reefs in New York to 75 for the year. Rail cars were donated by Wells Fargo Rail Corporation during the third year of New York s historic expansion of artificial reefs.