NYMTC Annual Council Meeting
Attended New York Metropolitan Transportation Council Annual Council Meeting on Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 11:45 a.m.
New York Metropolitan Transportation Council
199 Water Street - 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10038
Shortly after I arrived Resolution #2006-4 was adopted in which there was a recognition of service by Thomas Suozzi, Nassau County Executive and Outgoing Co-Chairperson. Mr. Suozzi is seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor
Public Participation followed:
I was the sixth speaker from the public. My oral remarks were as follows:
My name is Richard Stowe. I live in New Canaan, Connecticut and am representing Rail Transportation Excellence Coalition.
As a transportation advocate I am an enthusiastic supporter of the ideas expressed by Donald Shoup in The High Cost of Free Parking. I encourage NYMTC to study market priced curb parking and offstreet parking as a future revenue source for regional rail transportation projects.
1) RailTEC supports eliminating peak hour prohibitions against boarding bicycles on all MTA Metro-North & LIRR commuter trains and eliminating bicycle permits.
2) RailTEC supports seamless single ride service from Connecticut to Nassau County via New Rochelle Junction, Hellsgate Bridge, at the "Y" (Bowery Bay Gate Interlocking) in Astoria, Queens, then southeast on the Fremont subdivision of the Bay Ridge line, create a junction onto Long Island Railroad main track to Jamaica Station and Nassau County. This allows outerborough and suburban commuters to avoid congested Manhattan train terminals.
3) RailTEC recommends that NYMTC write a letter of support to Connecticut legislators in support of initiating a seamless, single ride for a Grand Central Terminal to New Haven-Hartford-Springfield commuter rail service.
4) Regarding Resolution #2006-2 RailTEC strongly supports Access to the Regions Core Alternative "G" with through running commuter trains from New Jersey, Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal to Connecticut.
5) In addition RailTEC supports one-berth platform stops in the 32nd Street and 33rd Street tunnels at the Park Avenue 6 line
6) Finally, RailTEC supports the 31st Street "Schumacher" rail freight alignment from New Jersey to Long Island.
NYMTC adopted resolution #2006-2 a council amendment of the 2005-2030 Regional Transportation Plan to include New Jersey Transit's locally preferred alternative (Alternative "P" aka the deep cavern alternative)* from the Access to the Region's Core study
* "G" = Grand Central Terminal; "P" = Penn Station
After I made my comments I stepped out in the hallway, where I met Nassau County Executive, Thomas Suozzi and Executive Commissioner of the Nassau County Planning Commission, Patricia Bourne. Mr. Suozzi commented that the proposal I advocated for seamless service between Connecticut and Nassau County was one he had never heard before. He appeared to show interest in the proposal.
New York Metropolitan Transportation Council
199 Water Street - 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10038
Shortly after I arrived Resolution #2006-4 was adopted in which there was a recognition of service by Thomas Suozzi, Nassau County Executive and Outgoing Co-Chairperson. Mr. Suozzi is seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor
Public Participation followed:
I was the sixth speaker from the public. My oral remarks were as follows:
My name is Richard Stowe. I live in New Canaan, Connecticut and am representing Rail Transportation Excellence Coalition.
As a transportation advocate I am an enthusiastic supporter of the ideas expressed by Donald Shoup in The High Cost of Free Parking. I encourage NYMTC to study market priced curb parking and offstreet parking as a future revenue source for regional rail transportation projects.
1) RailTEC supports eliminating peak hour prohibitions against boarding bicycles on all MTA Metro-North & LIRR commuter trains and eliminating bicycle permits.
2) RailTEC supports seamless single ride service from Connecticut to Nassau County via New Rochelle Junction, Hellsgate Bridge, at the "Y" (Bowery Bay Gate Interlocking) in Astoria, Queens, then southeast on the Fremont subdivision of the Bay Ridge line, create a junction onto Long Island Railroad main track to Jamaica Station and Nassau County. This allows outerborough and suburban commuters to avoid congested Manhattan train terminals.
3) RailTEC recommends that NYMTC write a letter of support to Connecticut legislators in support of initiating a seamless, single ride for a Grand Central Terminal to New Haven-Hartford-Springfield commuter rail service.
4) Regarding Resolution #2006-2 RailTEC strongly supports Access to the Regions Core Alternative "G" with through running commuter trains from New Jersey, Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal to Connecticut.
5) In addition RailTEC supports one-berth platform stops in the 32nd Street and 33rd Street tunnels at the Park Avenue 6 line
6) Finally, RailTEC supports the 31st Street "Schumacher" rail freight alignment from New Jersey to Long Island.
NYMTC adopted resolution #2006-2 a council amendment of the 2005-2030 Regional Transportation Plan to include New Jersey Transit's locally preferred alternative (Alternative "P" aka the deep cavern alternative)* from the Access to the Region's Core study
* "G" = Grand Central Terminal; "P" = Penn Station
After I made my comments I stepped out in the hallway, where I met Nassau County Executive, Thomas Suozzi and Executive Commissioner of the Nassau County Planning Commission, Patricia Bourne. Mr. Suozzi commented that the proposal I advocated for seamless service between Connecticut and Nassau County was one he had never heard before. He appeared to show interest in the proposal.
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