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The public transit agency for Tompkins County, known as TCAT, wants to electrify its entire fleet of buses by 2035. There is funding from the federal infrastructure bill that will help the agency reach that goal.
For drivers who want to steer clear of the heaviest traffic, avoid the day before Thanksgiving and the Sunday after.
The big issue for the Northern Border is the expensive and time-consuming requirement for a PCR COVID-19 test for Americans or Canadians to enter Canada.
“There has never been a problem at the United States and Canadian border. We are deeply dependent on each other for our economic viability.”
A new study from AAA shows the law appears to be changing people’s behavior.
Some obstacles remain before much of that money starts flowing to projects in the Keystone State.
“If you’re not buckled up in the back seat, you are twice as likely to be killed.”
“I look forward to the benefits this historic investment will provide in modernizing our infrastructure for the future of Pennsylvania.”
Just like foreign travelers, Canadians will need to show a negative COVID-19 test at the border to re-enter their country.
“It’s safer, safer for motorists, safer for highway safety workers and more cost-effective than a quarter-million dollar truck.”
Schumer said the $1 trillion bill would create thousands of union jobs to complete federally-funded infrastructure projects.
“Gasoline and diesel fuel vehicles are responsible for smog, toxic particulate matter that drives adverse health outcomes.”
Earlier research found oil and gas brines contain harmful material
While Canada has taken a major step in reopening its border, the U.S. has not yet offered the same welcome to Canadian travelers.
Children younger than 12 will be allowed to enter Canada with their parents or guardians if they follow public health guidelines.
“When the state is engaged in a contract with an organization that has a history of discrimination, that’s inappropriate.”
On July 29, ten service areas will close to start work on the first phase of the project.
On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that fully vaccinated Canadians returning to the country from the U.S. would no longer need to quarantine.
Research from AAA shows that from 2010-2019 in New York state, 196 people were killed in crashes involving teens between those dates.
“We’re very happy to be back again, helping to serve the rural community here in the Harpursville area.”
“When airlines start coming to your community, that’s a sign the economic trajectory is going in the right direction.”
“Teens are faced with more distractions than ever before, leading to deadly mistakes, and parents are the best line of defense.”
The change to use housing density instead of population density has some urban planners on edge.
Since March 2020, the border has been closed to all “non-essential” traffic, and the shutdown has been extended on a monthly basis since then. Currently, the closure remains in effect through Friday, May 21.
“We want to make it easier for customers to have access to them wherever you live in New York state, not just in the downstate markets.”
“I’m surprised they’re not sending vans to weigh stations or rest areas and putting up signs to say, ‘Truck drivers, stop here and get your one-shot vaccine. One-shot and go.’”
The rules of the Crush the Commonwealth ride are simple, yet extreme: Meet at Point State Park in Pittsburgh, be there for a 5 a.m. start, and then “ride yer damn bike.”
“Whether you smoke, vape, take edibles — getting behind the wheel when you are under the influence poses a risk to everyone on the road.”
In a letter to the president, 12 governors asked that the White House order a ban on greenhouse gas-emitting cars and light trucks within 14 years.
While no longer required, the New York State Department of Health still recommends quarantine after domestic travel as an added precaution.
The first thing you notice when you meet Tim O’Neill is that his hazel eyes smile, forming warm half-moons just above the disposable mask the pandemic necessitates.
PennDOT has eyed nine bridges throughout the commonwealth –– each decades old and needing replacement –– that could be fixed within a few years if tolls of a dollar or two each were set up.
“I’m blown away. It’s always nice to see dreams deferred being realized… not denied….I’m going to have to take a few moments to soak it all in.”
“It’s nowhere near where we were last year at this time. We’re sitting roughly about 70% off where we were in 2019.”
The Empire State Trail is now complete in New York state. It includes 750 miles of hiking and biking trails from New York City to Canada, and Albany to Buffalo.
The first Penn Station was opened in 1910, and was considered an architectural masterpiece, but it was torn down in 1963, in what most now believe was a terrible mistake.
Overnight, the Governor says State Police responded to over 600 accidents and disabled vehicles. There were also two fatal accidents.
The Thruway converted to all cashless tolling in mid-November, after work crews mounted cameras on 70 steel gantries that span the lanes at 58 locations on the toll road.
The Thruway Authority Board of Directors is poised to approve a 30% increase for cars without the electronic toll pass at its Dec. 1 meeting. The increase would become effective in January.
“I didn’t want to disappoint my mother, 89 years old. She’s thinking how many Thanksgivings will I get, you start to think that way. But it’s hard. But sometimes hard is smart.”
The tolls for E-ZPass holders will remain the same, but for travelers without electronic passes, the Thruway Authority is proposing a 30 toll increase in January.
“There’s new testing technology, there are rapid tests, is there a better, smarter way to handle a quarantine? None of this has been done before, so we’re figuring it out as it goes.”
Democratic County Executive Jason Garnar and Republican challenger Karl Bernhardsen met in an online forum hosted by the Rotary Club of Binghamton.
New York will not restrict travel from Pennsylvania because of the number of people who go back and forth for business each day.
According to the resolution, residents have expressed concerns about potential negative impacts of pollution and truck traffic from the facility on tourism, agriculture, and human health.
“People who are unemployed or underemployed, who don’t have the capacity to have $200 or $500 lying around for the fees.”
Of the 83,997 test results reported to New York state on Monday, 754, or 0.89 percent, were positive.
“We are asking people to recognize the importance of getting an E-ZPass because it’s going to save you money.”
“This Administration has to understand that we won’t have a healthy economy until we have a healthy country and that starts with taking this virus seriously.”
“I can’t think of anything more simple than slowing down and moving over if you can.”
“You would you think that the teenagers don’t want to be like Mom and Dad, but they will mimic your behavior. And if you’re using the phone behind the wheel, the teen drivers will too.”
Governor Andrew Cuomo says that the final of the 70 steel gantries being built as part of this system has been installed. It’s located on the Thruway at exit 42 in Geneva.
“We know that those numbers are suffering, especially on the tourism side. We live in an area that’s built on tourism, so you hate to see it.”
“There is potentially no greater symbol of our image than our airport, which serves as the front door to our community.”
“An airport is the place to display ourselves to the world, and also to ourselves, we use it more than anyone else.”
“We were all facing the fact that when we reopen, we have to figure out how to social distance in one of the most intimate settings there is: taking care of a customer.”
Governor Andrew Cuomo says New York is offering help to states like Texas and Arizona that are struggling with spiking COVID-19 infections.
“It raises questions about interstate commerce and really the constitutionality of it.”
“We’re rolling out the initiatives that we have today, showing how the airport is committed to a clean, sterile, sanitized safe environment.”
“This isn’t the first time a terrifying train derailment has happened in New York, and we need a full-scale investigation ASAP.”
The New York State Thruway Authority is moving ahead with a $450 million plan to rebuild 23 of the 27 service areas and provide significant upgrades to the remaining four.
“As we begin to rethink and restart the economy, projects like this can really help transform communities in a very positive way.”
As of this week, 83 workers with New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority died from COVID-19. Two bus operators talk about the crushing loss they’ve witnessed in their field.
“I noticed as soon as I backed out of my driveway. The brakes were squealing and sounded like they were grinding.”
Pennsylvania DA says he’s withdrawing citation against woman who allegedly violated stay-at-home order
A spokesperson said American Airline’s busiest flight out of LaGuardia Sunday only had 27 passengers and nine flights from JFK and LaGuardia had one passenger on each.
“We were able to contribute to lake levels being fairly stable through the month of March compared with historic records.”
Closure is effective at midnight on Friday.
The government is also restricting overseas flights to just four airports in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver.
On both sides of the Niagara Gorge, tourism promoters are expecting a drop in overseas tourists because of COVID-19 and more domestic tourists arriving by car.
“For 14 days, you’re going to be staying in your house or apartment. We’re going to ask you to take your temperature twice a day and practice social distancing from anybody.”
“All the water we’re letting out will lessen the impact down the road; it doesn’t guarantee there won’t be flooding but I can guarantee there will be less of it.”
People will still be able to use other forms of identification after REAL ID requirements take effect.
Cuomo says it’s likely the federal government’s decision was political “retaliation and reprisal” for New York’s law to allow undocumented immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses.
“It will slow down commerce, it will cost our economy. All while posing a significant threat to public safety.”
Propelled by the jet stream, Flight BA112 topped a ground speed of 800 mph, by one expert’s estimate. It traveled from New York’s JFK to London’s Heathrow in 4 hours, 56 minutes overnight Saturday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to challenge Homeland Security’s attempt to suspend enrollment in Global Entry and other trusted traveler programs for New Yorkers over access to state motor vehicle records.
The Department of Homeland Security says the state’s “Green Light” law allowing licenses for immigrants without legal status interferes with security. State officials call it “political retaliation.”
The decision comes in the wake of a New York law that allows undocumented immigrants to apply for a driver’s license.
Global Entry, part of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection service, allows pre-approved, low-risk travelers to get expedited clearance through automatic kiosks at select airports.
The World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus a global health emergency this week.
The New York Power Authority Board of Trustees has authorized a five year plan for the Reimagine the Canals Initiative.
The federal government said no. But New Yorkers rallied anyway and got the job done.
The strain, discovered in China, has been reported in the city of Wuhan and in two other countries. On Friday, the CDC announced plans to screen passengers at N.Y., L.A. and San Francisco airports
The “Bridgegate” scandal infuriated New York motorists and endangered public safety, but if the past is prologue, the high court could treat it as much ado about nothing.
“If we had pre-clearance, that gateway could be used a lot more easily, creating economic growth, bringing dollars, bringing jobs and money to the entire Western New York economy.”
“We want to get the job done to make the roads safe, but I don’t want salt laying all over the roads and having piles of it. It’s not good for the environment.”
In the first phase of the program, a $100 million economic development fund will support a variety of projects.
The crash took place at about 3:40 a.m. as a tour bus rolled over and was immediately struck by two tractor trailers. Eighty miles of turnpike were closed as officials responded to the incident.
The letter from a statewide board could be used against Judge Dennis Reinaker in future misconduct cases.
High-speed rail is one of those economic development and transportation issues that gets touted by politicians, business and transportation groups from time to time in New York.
The Green Light Law in New York went into effect this week. Some county clerks criticize the changes to allowable proofs of identity.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved a plan to hire 500 additional transit officers dedicated to patrolling the city’s subways.
The Green Light Law came into effect on Monday in New York state. The law allows undocumented immigrants to apply for drivers’ licenses.
They’re delivering petitions to Albany this week, signed by more than 7,000 residents across the state who say they want New York to reduce vehicle emissions by 55 percent by 2035.
Winter storm warnings remain in effect for most of New York through Monday as a large winter storm moves through the region, with storm totals of a foot of snow or more expected in some spots by Monday evening.
The post-Thanksgiving travel rush is due to get even more hectic, as heavy snow and ice accumulation is expected to continue battering regions across the United States.
A winter storm is moving across the region today and tomorrow, with freezing rain, sleet and heavy snow predicted for much of central New York and Northeastern Pennsylvania.
“Early on, in 1908, aviation magazines were saying that Hammondsport was the center of U.S. aviation development”
Qantas Airways’ approach to the 11,000-mile trip features carefully designed meals and lighting. Passengers are also encouraged to get out of their seats and they experience two sunrises in one day.
Amtrak says it logged an operating revenue of $3.3 billion — a 3.6% increase over the last fiscal year.
United Airlines cites a low demand for travel between Elmira and Washington D.C.
“The law aims to make our roads safer, our economy stronger, and allows immigrants to come out of the shadows to sign up as legal drivers in our state.”
An accident involving a tractor trailer carrying natural has prompted mandatory evacuation Town of Fenton in Broome County
“For example, Delta used to fly 50-seat regional RJ’s, regional jets, in here. And what we’re seeing now are 737s or A320s which can be roughly 136 seats and above.”
A spokesman for Governor Andrew Cuomo says a plan to charge up to $45 for a requirement that license plates more than 10 years old be replaced is no longer going forward.
“Traffic debt can become thousands of dollars very easily, because one traffic stop can lead to multiple tickets. And each ticket can lead to, not only the underlining fine, and also fees, and then additional fees to reinstate the license.”
“Our ultimate goal was to put together a deal that was financially in the best interest of taxpayers, regardless of how long that deal took.”
School districts in New York have a new tool to catch drivers who pass school buses that are stopped to drop off or pick up kids.
Beginning next April, residents with the older blue and white plates will have to turn them in for new plates. Mark J.F. Schroder believes that’s enough time to work with the legislature to explore alternatives.
The DMV has a mobile office in the Center of Progress Building.
During the joint initiative, state troopers dressed as highway workers kept an eye on drivers traveling through work zones on state highways.
The head of the state’s Republican Party says there’s no need to require New Yorkers to buy new license plates beginning in 2020, if their current plates are still readable and in good condition.
The license plate with the most votes will become the state’s official license plate and will be available to customers beginning April 2020.
A recent surge in cyclist deaths in NYC has called into question whether cities are taking the necessary steps to keep cyclists safe. Cities are adapting but cyclists say not quickly enough.
Airport spent millions on renovations last year
“Remember, if any deal seems too good to be true, it probably is.”
“We’re really looking at what the canal is, what it has been, but what it could be,” said New York State Canal Corporation Director Brian Stratton.
“Going along and learning the history, you never realize the extent of it. I didn’t know there was different canals done along the way, I thought it was just the one.”
The effort is part of a New York State plan to reduce poverty
It wants a shipping suspended several days a week this summer to allow more water to go through the Moses Saunders dam near Massena.
In New York state, a new law that allows the immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses has safeguards against such searches.
The first lawsuit has been filed against New York’s new law to permit undocumented immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses, as Governor Andrew Cuomo continued to cast doubt on the effectiveness of the new law.
ITHACA, NY (WSKG) – The 2019 New York legislative session saw the passage of a raft of legislation that has been blocked in previous years. Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton spoke with WSKG’s Celia Clarke in the Ithaca studio. She represents Tompkins County and part of Cortland County in the state Assembly. Lifton spoke about the new farm labor rights, legalization of electrically-assisted bicycles and scooters, and why she thinks marijuana legalization is inevitable. The conversation begins with Lifton talking what she considers the most important accomplishment of the session.
The work will stop Thursday at 6 A.M. and pick back up Monday, July 8th at 6 A.M.
Deputies say that other passengers intervened to help the flight crew, and then held and restrained Cutulle until it arrived at the airport.
“Predominantly, these are folks that are not legally in the country and that brings up a whole bunch of other questions. I have some concerns about that.”
By widening the span, crews were able to put in a new bicycle and pedestrian path as well as a new observation deck right at the U.S.-Canada border line.
Electric-assisted bicycles and scooters are now legal on New York streets. As the session ended, the New York state legislature passed a bill to legalize the vehicles on Thursday.
“By removing e-scooters from the category of motor vehicle,” he said, “it would remove them also from the driving while intoxicated or driving while impaired law of the state.
When it is fully operational, drivers will drive non-stop through special gantries that have sensors and cameras that read EZ Pass tags and take license plate images.
“We have to write a law that does not have an unintended consequence, that’s what the smart people are worried about.”
A man is dead after a small plane crashed near the Tri-Cities Airport in Endicott on Monday.
“I would rather they had a license and had insurance, you know because, if say you get into an accident and you know, the other person is driving illegally and they don’t have insurance, you know it makes that whole thing more difficult.”
“We have to be mindful of those who also want to do us harm. That is something I don’t think this bill takes into account.”
The New York City Fire Department says at least one person was said to have died in crash Monday afternoon. It’s not clear what caused the crash.
After touting it across the state for months, lawmakers have finally introduced Governor Tom Wolf’s ambitious infrastructure proposal as a concrete piece of legislation.
New York City just became the first city in the US to adopt a congestion pricing plan. The plan is expected to raise about $1.5 billion in revenue every year, mostly for its crumbling subway system.
“Our immigration system is broken. This does not fix it, but what it does is it gives undocumented immigrants the opportunity to sit for a test, to get licensed, to get on the road, and to have insurance.”
“3,500 people have been killed in crashes involving teen drivers during the 100 Deadliest Days. It’s a time when people really need to use extra caution on the roads.”
New York transit officials think he would surf on top of a train, get into the operating cabin, and then yank the emergency brake. The train would be delayed, along with others on that line.
The capital project plan was one of three propositions on the Ithaca ballot. All three passed with over 80% of the vote.
The executive director of the New York State Thruway Authority says drivers should expect to see more cashless tolls throughout the state.
“It’s our worst nightmare to see a student be that close to danger as my student was that day.”
Since January, Governor Tom Wolf has been traveling around the state shopping his new infrastructure plan to municipal and county officials.
“We need to send the message that you have to wear your seat belt regardless of where you’re sitting in that vehicle.”
“When the customer goes back to the garage with the ticket, it’ll show they owe nothing or they’ll owe a less amount depending on what the discount was.”
“With flat-line funding we’re reactive instead of proactive, fixing roads that are breaking rather than trying to fix them before they deteriorate.”
During a lengthy and sometimes contentious public hearing, about 20 people spoke for and against e-scooters
Most New York City residents oppose a plan to charge a fee to drivers who enter the crowded city center. But studies show that once such charges are in place, public opinion shifts in favor.
Every day about 15,000 people travel into Tompkins County, mainly into Ithaca from neighboring counties. Most of them commute for work and most are alone in their cars.
“It seems natural for us to do that, with the hydroelectric power generation that goes on here.”
A bill to grant drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants advances in the assembly
“I may just get a banner and put it across the front of the building that we will have ICE on speed dial.”
‘This is not money that’s used to necessarily fill in potholes. This is more to rebuild or reconstruct roads or to do larger paving projects.”
In order to service the debt, the turnpike has raised tolls every year for the last decade–a 200 percent increase overall.
Motorists will pay a flat daily fee to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street. The new program aims to reduce traffic gridlock while generating revenue for the city’s stressed transit system.
The FAA says the issue that affected Southwest, Delta and other carriers has been resolved. But with hundreds of flights affected, the delays could linger.
One person described walking across the wide boulevard in front of Elmira’s Clemens Center as a ‘near-death experience.’
The country has ambitious goals to become the “hydrogen society,” and right now, the focus is on its automakers.
Envision commercial goods packed in giant capsules and moving in vacuum-sealed steel tubes hurtling from one end of the state to the other in under a half hour.
A downstate built custom motorcycle meant to support a project to bring a traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall to Western New York permanently was unveiled in a nationally-televised broadcast
With budget negotiations continuing in Albany, activists from around the state gathered Tuesday in the capital to demand that legislation be included to expand access to driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants.
Public transportation advocates in central New York are calling on state budget makers to put more money in this year’s spending plan for bus systems across upstate.
Lawmakers grilled state transportation officials over the turnpike’s ongoing funding issues in a budget hearing Tuesday. The Turnpike Commission is behind on payments to the state amid a lawsuit over its rising tolls.
Claims of massive illegal voting by noncitizens have routinely been disproved, but some noncitizens end up on the voter rolls, often by accident. Now, states are trying to fix that.
Renovations on the Erie Canal have been causing a rift between some canal side residents and the state’s Canal Corporation for about a yearnow.A final set of public meetings will be held Monday & Tuesday ahead of the last phase of the project.
Law enforcement officials are describing a deadly car accident involving Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim as a horrible, sad tragedy. Boeheim hit and killed a man who was fleeing a disabled vehicle on Interstate 690 in Syracuse.
Airports in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes are getting some infrastructure funding.
“I think there’s a lot more bicycle use than what people think because people do use it as a means to get to and from work,” said Tina Hager, Chemung County transit specialist.
Of the eight million vehicles registered in Pennsylvania, just 15,000 of them are electric. The state Department of Environmental Protection has released a plan several years in the making that outlines how the state can boost that number. Education is a key component.
Travelers who fly out of Syracuse’s Hancock International Airport have a new way to get out west. United Airlines has added a direct flight from Syracuse to a major western hub.
Ten years ago Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed in Clarence Center killing 50-people. The Continental Connection flight was heading to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport when the pilots failed to recover a stall from the Bombardier Dash-8-aircraft plunging into the home on Long Street. Homeowner, Karen Wielinski lost her husband Doug in the fcrash.
The ban on tractor trailers and commercial buses on the New York State Thruway in Western New York because of hazardous weather conditions has been lifted.
Journalist Will Hunt is fascinated with the world below us: “Every manhole, every doorway, every stairway going down into the dark [feels] like a potential portal into this like separate world.”
A cruise ship broke loose from its moorings, along with seven other vessels, and ended up wedged underneath a bridge connecting Albany and Rensselaer, N.Y.
The government shutdown has now reached day 19 as President Trump pushes for $5.7 billion in border wall funding. The president claims a border wall will help combat the flow of drugs like fentanyl from entering the country. A DEA report from this past November says otherwise. But how are these drugs currently making their way to New York State?
Department of Motor Vehicle offices across the state are expecting to be busier than usual the next few years as new federal standards for driver’s licenses go into effect. One central New York DMV office is gearing up for the extra time it takes to process these licenses.
County clerks’ offices around New York are calling for a higher reimbursement rate from the state to cover increased costs associated with processing Real ID applications at county-run DMV offices.
Cheaper to produce winter blend gas, a low demand and low oil prices have all contributed to pump prices reaching their lowest point of the year.
Pennsylvania, along with eight states and Washington, D.C., announced plans Tuesday to create a new regional cap for carbon emissions from vehicles to combat climate change.
The Holland Tunnel became the subject of a fervent petition to change which letters its holiday decorations should adorn. In what could be called a Christmas miracle, the Port Authority listened.
For some, this may be the most wonderful time of the year, but it also can be a more hazardous time on the roads. That’s according to GasBuddy, which is out with a new study that suggests drivers are 175 percent more aggressive during the holidays than the rest of the year.
A special task force has been holding listening sessions across the state to get an idea about where ride sharing services fit in for individuals with disabilities.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is calling for the implementation of a law that would allow airports to stop using toxic chemicals that are said to poison local waterways.
An American Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing at the Rochester Airport on Thursday morning after an apparent bird strike. The regional jet was operated for American Eagle by Envoy Air, and had 36 passengers and three crew members.
Public listening sessions are being held over the next few weeks to study accessible ride sharing services for customers with disabilities. The New York State Transportation Company Accessibility Task Force was created as part of the legislation that made ride-sharing legal in Upstate New York.
ALBANY, NY (WSKG) – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he had a “positive” meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the White House to talk about funding for a key train tunnel connecting Manhattan to New Jersey.
Governor Tom Wolf said this week that he wants to change the way Pennsylvania pays for transportation. There appears to be a growing consensus among lawmakers that the funding scheme isn’t working–particularly when it comes to the heavily-indebted turnpike system.
ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – AAA has researched crash data, and they’ve found that by far, November is the worst month for deer crashes in New York. In November 2016, for example, there were nearly 45-hundred deer crashes – that’s one every ten minutes.
STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA – Pennsylvania utility regulators approved a new policy aimed at clarifying rules about how power is resold, in an effort to promote investment in public electric vehicle charging stations.
ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Governor Andrew Cuomo was in town Wednesday for a ribbon cutting at the Rochester Airport.
ALBANY, NY (WSKG) – The Republican candidate for governor is weighing in on the Schoharie limousine crash, saying there needs to be more government oversight.
New York State Police charged Nauman Hussain just days after an accident killed 20 people in New York. His father’s company has a record of failed inspections.