Adding a third track will improve commutes for both riders and for drivers because the project will eliminate seven grade crossings that endanger local residents and clog traffic. The expansion will improve the economy and future of the entire region by meeting the transportation needs of employers and workers.
With only about a fifth of its workforce commuting to New York City, Long Island is far from the “bedroom community” for the five boroughs it once was, said Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association.
Supporters of the Long Island Rail Road’s plan to add a third track between Floral Park and Hicksville were ready for outrage and uproar at six public comment sessions this week. But what they heard were sensible questions about how the project would be handled, how communities would be protected…
When the two tracks of the LIRR Main Line were built in Nassau County in the 1800s, fewer than 100,000 people were living on Long Island. Today, the Island’s population is nearly 3 million. Each day, many of the LIRR’s roughly 300,000 customers ride on the same two tracks that…
Four public hearings have been set for the Long Island Rail Road main line expansion project that would extend from Floral Park to Hicksville, officials said Thursday.
New details of a plan to build a third track on Long Island Rail Road’s Main Line, including where the track will go and how seven grade crossings could be eliminated, will be the subject of four public meetings scheduled in Nassau this month, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Thursday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent proposal to expand the Long Island Rail Road’s Main Line has rightly sparked a public discussion of the fundamental role that transit can play in building a more sustainable future for Long Island. From my perspective, the proposed LIRR expansion would bring environmental, social equity and…
An unprecedented coalition has formed in support of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Long Island Rail Road Expansion Project. The Right Track for Long Island Coalition brings together an extraordinary group of leaders from both Nassau and Suffolk counties: business and labor organizations; academic and research institutions; businesses, large and small; nonprofit…
The state won’t have to acquire any houses to complete a third set of rails on the Long Island Rail Road’s main line, Gov. Cuomo announced.
On Long Island today to push for a third track for the Long Island Rail Road’s Main Line, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo wondered aloud about a topic that’s been bugging commuters for decades: the seeming hatred of the Almighty for the LIRR.
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