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Transportation - For the last 50 years, New York has underinvested in its transportation network.  We are now proposing a sweeping, regional transportation plan that will enable us to improve travel times and achieve the funding necessary to meet the city's and the region's needs through 2030 and beyond. That includes strategies to improve our transit network and reduce growing gridlock on our roads through better road management and congestion pricing.  We will seek to create a new regional financing entity, the SMART Financing Authority, that would provide one-time grants to achieve a state of good repair and fill the existing funding gap for critical transit expansions, enabling our region to achieve a new standard of mobility.
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Transportation Initiatives
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1: Increase capacity on key congested routes
Seek to fund five projects that eliminate capacity constraints
2: Provide new commuter rail access to Manhattan
Seek to expand options for rail commuters
3: Expand transit access to underserved areas
Seek to provide transit to new neighborhoods
4: Improve and expand bus service
  • Initiate and expand Bus Rapid Transit
  • Dedicate Bus/High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes on the East River Bridges
  • Explore other improvements to bus service
5: Improve local commuter rail service
Seek to make better local use of Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) stations
6: Improve access to existing transit
Facilitate access to subways and bus stops citywide
7: Address congested areas around the city
Develop congestion management plans for outer-borough growth corridors
8: Expand ferry service
Seek to expand service and better integrate it with the city's existing mass transit system
9: Promote Cycling
  • Complete the City's 1,800-mile bike master plan
  • Facilitate cycling
10: Pilot congestion pricing
Seek to use pricing to manage traffic in the Central Business District (CBD)
11: Manage roads more efficiently
  • Expand the use of Muni Meters
  • Create an integrated traffic management system
12: Strengthen enforcement of traffic violations
  • Expand the force of Traffic Enforcement Agents (TEAs)
  • Enable all TEAs to issue blocking-the-box tickets
  • Expand the use of traffic enforcement cameras
13: Facilitate freight movements
  • Improve access to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
  • Explore High Occupancy Truck Toll (HOTT) Lanes
14: Close the Metropolitan Transit Authority's State of Good Repair gap
Seek a grant from the SMART Authority to cover the MTA's funding gap
15: Close the City's road and bridge state of good repair ga
  • Seek a grant from the SMART authority to cover the City Department of Transportation funding gap
  • Invest in bridge and tunnel upgrades
16: Establish a new regional transit financing authority
Seek to create a Sustainable Mobility and Regional Transportation (SMART) Financing Authority to advance new projects and achieve a state of good repair
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Read Progress Report 2008 on Transportation
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Additional Sources
Topics:
Capital Construction, Major Projects, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Second Avenue Subway Documents and Presentations, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Central London Congestion Charging: Impacts Monitoring Fourth Annual Report, Overview, 2006, Transport for London


General Websites:

National Transit Database

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

NYC Department of Transportation

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