A MASTER PLAN FOR THE NYC REGIONS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

S a m u e l I. S c h w a r tz, P.E. S a m S c h w a r tz Engineering

Gridlock Sam

Faster. Safer. Fairer.

GREATNESS

T ransit lifeblood

A SYSTEM IN TROUBLE

Outdated patchwork of tolling policies

Robert Moses, Master Builder

(1930-1968)

Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller (1968-1974)

Unfair tolling

Throgs Neck Bridge

High tolls in the wrong places

Historical and projected toll increases

60 $51* 50 40

30
20 10 $0.50 1960 $1 1970 $15

$25*

$6
$3 1980 1990

$8

2000

2013

2020

2030

* Projected cash rate round trip

Most drivers get a raw deal

New Jersey

The Bronx

$
FREE

CBD
FREE

Queens

FREE FREE

Brooklyn

$ $
State n Island

$
$

Bridge shopping

The Bronx

$
Queens
LaGuardia Airport

FREE

CBD

$
Brooklyn

Truckers Special

CBD

FREE

Queens

JFK Airport $80 (5-Axle)

$
Staten Island

Brooklyn

Bt

Canal Street

Trucks on city streets

CBD

Queens

lvd JFK Airport

Brooklyn

Staten Island

Bt

No trucks on Belt Parkway

A system in decline

Losing ground to other cities

Current system is broken

SOLUTION:
MOVE NY PLAN

Underlying Principles:

Fast Safe Fair Smart Business Friendly Safeguarded Specific

What we heard:
Threatens sanctity of inter-borough travel

"Tax" on drivers
Little in it for more car-oriented communities Manhattan gets off scot-free Transit gaps wont be addressed New revenue wont be used for transportation improvements

Is this fair?
$

The Bronx

New Jersey

$
FREE

CBD
FREE

Queens

FREE FREE

Brooklyn

$ $
State n Island

$
$

Clean slate
The Bronx

New Jersey

CBD

Queens

Brooklyn

State n Island

Fair tolling

Fair tolling

Queensboro Bridge

Fair tolling

V errazano Bridge

New rates

$2.44

The Bronx

$2.83 New Jersey *

CBD $5.33

Queens

Brooklyn

State n Island

$2.83*

$1.00

Note: All rates one-way 2013 EZ Pass

Delta from 2013 rates

$0

The Bronx

-$2.50 New Jersey *

CBD $0

Queens

+$5.33

Brooklyn

State n Island

-$2.50*

-$1.00

Note: All rates one-way 2013 EZ Pass

Performance pricing

Drivers get their fair share

Car users in Manhattan (South of 96th St.) pay their fair share

T axi Surcharge: $200M

For-Hire V ehicles: $50M

End Parking T ax Rebate: $10M

Transit Gaps

T ransit Gaps: Areas outside 1 / 3 mile radius from subway or express bus stop

Protecting the revenue: Bond the revenue (plus, Maintenance of Effort provision) Spell out list of projects (and write them into legislation) Establish revenue control board

Revenue sources

Revenue uses
(Annual contributions)

Triboro Overground

Hunts Point

Ba y Ridge

T riboro RX Alignment

Staten Island bus improvements

St. George Ferry T erminal

Goethals Bridge

VerrazanoNarrows Bridge

W est Shore Plaza

North-West Shore BR T Allignment Existing Bus/HOV Lane

Bus Lane Under Cinstruction

Proposed Bus Lane Major Roads SIE Service Road

Outerbridge Crossing

Second Ave Subway Bronx extension option

G E D C
Phase 1

Phase 2
Bronx Extension Options Option 1 - A > B Option 2 - A > C > F Option 3 - A > D > E > F Option 4 - A > D > G

A
116th St 106th St 96th St 86th St

72nd St

Atlantic Ave line conversion (Rail to subway)

Jamaica

St. Albans

Atlantic T erminal

Nostrand Ave

East New Y ork

Locust Manor Laurelton

Rosedale

Phase 1 Phase 2 Long Island Rail Road

Long Island Rail Road projects

Nassau County

Suffolk County

Ronkonkoma Central Islip Hicksville Deer Park Westbury Carle Place New Hyde Park Floral Park Pinelawn Farmingdale Wyandanch Brentwood

Mineola
Merillon Ave

Double T rack Third T rack

Double tracking the Ronkonkoma Branch and Republic Hub

Select Bus Services

Webster Ave SBS

Woodside SBS

Jamaica Flushing SBS

Woodhaven SBS

Utica Ave SBS

Planned SBS Routes Proposed SBS Routes

S

Metro-North Penn access

Harlem Line
Hudson Line

Westchester

New Haven Line

[Describe]

Bronx
Co-Op City Morris Park Parkchester

Hunts Point

Hell Gate Bridge

Penn Access Alignment

Penn Station

Grand Central

New ferry lines

Elevated Belt Parkway with surge protection

Ribbon bridges

Ribbon bridge (lower Manhattan)

A 21st century transportation system for New York

Proposed JMZ Stop on the G Proposed Projects SIE and Belt Pkwy Commuter Rail Lines G and 2nd Ave Subway Lines

Alternatives:

Gas tax
Sales tax Commuter tax

More debt

The Move NY Plan:

Restores, expands and upgrades public transit system

Reduces traffic congestion

Establishes toll fairness

Generates sustainable revenue

Creates 35,000 new, permanent jobs in the NYC region Provides resiliency against super storms

No other plan does (or could do) that...

Supporters

Institutional: American Council of Engineering Companies Crains Business E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) Fox 5 News Regional Plan Association (RPA) SEIU 32BJ Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce* Working Families Party National Resources Defense Council UPROSE WEACT Riders Alliance NYC Environmental Justice Alliance Manhattan Institute Bucks Business Network (SI) SI Chamber of Commerce Manhattan Chamber of Commerce NY Building Congress Manhattan Community Board 7 Building Trade Employees Association (BTEA)*

Individuals: Karim Camara (State Assembly) Alan Cappelli (MTA Board, private) Gale Brewer Cathy Guerrierro Carl Heastie* Gustavo Rivera Lee Sander Jose Serrano Thomas Suozzi Lou Coletti, BTEA Pending: AAA-NY UPS Partnership for NYC Building Trades of NY GCA LIA Transportation Alternatives TSTC NYPIRG/Straphangers Campaign Hudson Yards ULI

*Need to confirm

Hunts Point

A MASTER PLAN FOR THE NYC REGIONS TRANSPORT ATION SYSTEM

Ba y Ridge

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