Tapping the Tappan Zee for Wind, Arts for Transit Director Speaks Out, and Outdoor Restaurant Seating on West Eighth

Tap­ping the Tap­pan Zee Bridge for Wind Power – really cool idea. Urban Omnibus has an extended inter­view with the MTA’s Art for Tran­sit Direc­tor. Gothamist reports on a neigh­bor­hood plan for West Eighth Street that hinges on out­door restau­rant seat­ing.

Tap­ping the Tap­pan Zee for WindReplac­ing the Tap­pan Zee Bridge, which car­ries the New York State Thruway across the Hud­son River between Westch­ester and Rock­land Coun­ties, is expected to be one of the biggest infra­struc­ture projects in the New York region in com­ing years. Some experts have sug­gested includ­ing some green fea­tures, like tracks for com­muter trains or a bus rapid tran­sit lane.

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Urban Omnibus » Arts for Tran­sit: A Con­ver­sa­tion with San­dra Blood­worthNew York­ers like to grum­ble about the MTA. Week­end changes, delays, ris­ing fares, ser­vice cuts, sub­way rats – all are real con­cerns that should be addressed to keep our pub­lic tran­sit sys­tem effi­cient, safe and afford­able. But let’s not for­get that con­di­tions could be a lot worse.

via Urbanom­nibus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can Out­door Restau­rant Seat­ing Save West Eighth Street?: GothamistThe area where the Vil­lage Alliance is propos­ing adding side­walk seat­ing can be seen above (via DNAinfo). Even before the reces­sion started, West Eighth Street between Sixth Avenue and Broad­way was hav­ing seri­ous trou­bles keep­ing ten­ants and the prob­lem has only got­ten worse.

via Gothamist