The project advances New York State’s nation-leading agenda to combat climate change by reducing congestion, which reduces vehicle emissions and takes more traffic off local streets, and through the addition of a new managed-use lane that will serve high-occupancy vehicles, including occupied taxis, occupied for-hire vehicles (FHVs), and buses.
—Gov. Kathy Hochul’s spokesperson Glenn Blain said in a statement.
A friend (hi Dan) sent me a Gothamist report wherein Comptroller Brad Lander laments how much of New York City’s Federal cash infusion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is immediately planned to be spent on highway-widening projects. We know these projects are a money sink and decrease equity and mobility across the region. In particular, the article mentions Van Wyck Expressway, which bisects Brooklyn and Queens but is maintained by the State and Port Authority.
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