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The Governor’s Housing Plan and Upstate’s Need for New Housing - Governor Kathy Hochul’s goal of building 800,000 new homes in New York in the next decade is good. We need new housing—a lot of it—in communities all across New York State for all kinds of different reasons, and her New York Housing Compact will help build a lot of new housing. As proposed, however, her … Continue reading The Governor’s Housing Plan and Upstate’s Need for New Housing →
BRT, a Timeline, and a Network Redesign - Centro’s recent Bus Rapid Transit announcements are fantastic news for Syracuse. We need better bus service to better connect people and neighborhoods, and BRT is the best way to make that happen. The actual content of these announcements confirms a lot of what we’ve known for a long time. Centro’s first two BRT lines will … Continue reading BRT, a Timeline, and a Network Redesign →
Save81’s Environmental Nihilism - Of all the lies, half-truths, and obfuscations being peddled by the most recent iteration of the Save81 crowd, the biggest whopper might be their contention that I81 is good for the environment and that making it bigger will decrease greenhouse gas emissions. This is laughably wrong, but it’s helpful to have the opportunity to explain … Continue reading Save81’s Environmental Nihilism →
Where to spend the marginal transit dollar - If you gave Centro one dollar to improve service, where would you get the most bang for that buck? Where would a marginal improvement in service—more frequency, more speed, better reliability, new service—have the greatest positive impact for the greatest number of people? Where would better bus service result in the greatest increase in ridership? … Continue reading Where to spend the marginal transit dollar →
Transit, Traffic, and Growth in the Northern Suburbs - Micron’s proposal to build a large factory on Route 31 in Clay has a lot of people talking about public transit in the northern suburbs, but Onondaga County will need better planning to guide population growth so that public transit can actually work out there. The northern suburbs can’t accommodate much more population growth with … Continue reading Transit, Traffic, and Growth in the Northern Suburbs →