Feds slam the breaks on 26 bus operations, which regularly transported more than 1,800 passengers every day along Interstate 95. These trips between New York and Florida have now been been halted for safety violations in our government's largest single safety crackdown of the motor coach industry.
Today, May 23, 2012 NYC Council Members James Vacca, Chair of the Transportation Committee, and Domenic Recchia, Chair of the Finance Committee, will hold a joint hearing to discuss the Administration’s Executive Budgets with respect to transportation.
Since the Committee’s preliminary budget hearings, MTA’s capital plan has been fully funded through 2014, but the Agency has planned fare hikes of 7.5% in both January 2013 and January 2015. In addition, the East Side Access project was recently announced to be $1B over budget and far behind its scheduled completion date.
New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald said today: “The New York State Department of Transportation shares community concerns about the safety of the Bronx River Parkway in the wake of the tragic crash that claimed the lives of seven family members on April 29.
“Since Sunday’s accident, we have been working on interim actions that will be implemented on the parkway beginning this morning.
Remember those days when newspapers came out once a month, except in few big cities in which they were weekly, and written communication was done by telegraph. Radio dominated the world of news, sports and entertainment, but only in big cities, until the time of shortwave radio arrived.
One day, television appeared, but to be seen only in the very large cities. On Saturday evenings, the furniture companies used to leave the television on inside their windows, while hundreds of people would come and surround the store to watch TV.
Remember those days when newspapers came out once a month, except in few big cities in which they were weekly, and written communication was done by telegraph. Radio dominated the world of news, sports and entertainment, but only in big cities, until the time of shortwave radio arrived.
One day, television appeared, but to be seen only in the very large cities. On Saturday evenings, the furniture companies used to leave the television on inside their windows, while hundreds of people would come and surround the store to watch TV.
NYC Councilman Vacca, Transportation Alternatives issue statements on death of Bronx cyclist calling for NYPD to step up traffic enforcement, thoroughly investigate crashes.
Almost all the non-renewable sources of energy are near exhaustion and if we do not harness the power of the renewable sources to their maximum potential, we have no one else to blame. This is why we are exploring solar energy. The sun is probably the biggest reason behind the existence of our planet. This source has great potential.
Following a series of high profile injuries resulting from items thrown from pedestrian overpasses, Council Member Erik Martin Dilan, Chair of the Committee on Housing and Buildings, and Council Member James Vacca, Chair of the Committee on Transportation, will hold a joint hearing to examine two bills that address the need for fencing on publicly accessible overpasses.
Introduction 750-A would require private developers to construct 8-foot high fences on publicly accessible pedestrian walkways and commercial parking garages that are part of shopping malls.
Tomorrow, NYC Council Member James Vacca will join Bronx DOT Commissioner Connie Moran at the newly-installed accessible pedestrian signal on Morris Park Avenue, just west of Eastchester Road, in order to highlight the fact that these important devices have now come to the Bronx.
As the International Year of Sustainable Energy kicks off, United Nations officials are calling on governments, the private sector and civil society to help expand energy access, improve efficiency and increase the use of renewable energy.
Globally, one person in five still lacks access to modern electricity and twice that number – three billion people – rely on wood, coal, charcoal, or animal waste for cooking and heating.