Topic: New York State Department Of Transportation

Police official: City of Syracuse to lower West Genesee Street at train bridge

ABC 9 Syracuse (WSYR) - 23 days ago
Share According to a Syracuse Police Department spokesman, the city intends to lower West Genesee Street where a railroad bridge crosses it near an...

Company from Virginia bus crash taken off the road

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 264 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The North Carolina company whose bus crashed on Tuesday in Virginia killing 4 and injuring 54 passengers was suspended from interstate travel, federal regulators said late on Tuesday.The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Sky Express Inc has an ...

Train Tours of Upstate New York

eHow - 471 days ago
New York state, as home to the oldest railroads in America, owes its incredible growth to one of the first trains that ran regularly in 1831, according to the New York Department of Transportation. Empire follows the historic Mohawk trail, taking passengers ...

A Bridge Too Far

Preservation Magazine - 790 days ago
Last month, it took Carole St. Pierre more than two hours to commute from her home in Crown Point, N.Y. to her office in Vergennes, Vt. As the crow flies, the two towns are about 30 miles apart, and for 25 ...

The Frog Tunneler

Popular Science - 1027 days ago
Hara Woltz's clients don't say much -- mostly just ribbit. A landscape architect and biologist at Columbia University, Woltz has undertaken the daunting task of creating road-crossing tunnels for amphibians and reptiles, based on different animals' preferences for different tunnel attributes ...

Business group opposes regulation restricting truck traffic

Business Journal - Central New York, The - 1167 days ago
Reacting to a survey of small-business owners, the New York chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is opposed to Gov. David Paterson's proposal to restrict the ability of trucks to travel off interstate highways.About 92 percent of ...

State DOT awards $20.4M for aviation improvements

Business Journal - Central New York, The - 1181 days ago
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is providing $20.4 million in grants for aviation projects across the state.The funding will support infrastructure, security, and economic-development projects at 48 public-use airports.Of the 48 airports, 14 are in Central ...

How to Adopt a Highway in New York

eHow - 1532 days ago
With taxpayers' money being spent on highway repair and safety, it is up to valuable volunteers to keep New York State's highways clean. Be sure you are ready to do the required work when you adopt a highway in New York ...