Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured NHTSA to Require Backup Cameras on All Vehicles USA Today New […]
continue readingSmart Growth America just released Measuring Sprawl 2014, and one of their findings is that living in sprawl can shorten your time on the planet. Streetsblog’s Tanya Snyder focuses her latest post on this particular piece of the Smart Growth America […]
continue readingNew York’s senior senator and other legislators are pushing back hard against the recently released federal budget and its plan to cut the Clean Water State Revolving Fund by $430 million. Citing the state’s aged and badly deteriorated sewer infrastructure, […]
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A new book focuses on the ways that land use planning and design can make denizens of cities much happier (and healthier). Canadian journalist Charles Montgomery, author of Happy City, proposes means and methods for creating places that elicit happiness instead […]
continue reading Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured Senators Call on Automakers to Share More Information About Fatal Accidents […]
continue reading Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured Transit Ridership Reaches Highest Level Since 1956 USA Today New York […]
continue readingSmart Growth America and Taxpayers for Common Sense have released a report revealing that U.S. states are spending more on road expansion than on making critically needed repairs to existing road infrastructure. This is an ominous trend–adding new road infrastructure […]
continue reading Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured Obama’s 2015 Budget Proposes $73 Billion for Surface Transportation […]
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Emily Badger of The Atlantic Cities shines light on an uncomfortable truth–that American communities don’t have the courage yet to enact policies that serve to effectively curb car use, and that our quests for smart growth, sustainable development, and walkable […]
continue readingLocal Saratoga City Council unanimously opposes casino gaming Hermon Looks At Dissolving Village ( North Country) Cuomo gives Upstate Pep-talk, announces new film production facility in DeWitt DEP Offers $6 Million in Green Project Grants (NYC) Could More Flexible Air […]
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