PROACTIVE MOBILITY PLANNING A DYNAMIC FUTURE
“We’re working towards what we see as the future of transpor- tation usage and how it can be developed better, safer, and more climate-friendly for all.”
ADAM S. LEVINE NYMTC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
Late last year, I celebrated my 35th anni- versary as a member of New York State’s transportation workforce, yet it was a personal experience during a recent visit to the Jersey Shore that truly demon- strated the power and impact of proactive transportation.
While exploring Asbury Park’s famous boardwalk with my family, I noticed a row of electric scooters in their charging sta- tions – something I’ve always wanted to try but never did due to adult rationalizing. With some timely encouragement from my wife and feeling more willing than not, I took a ride. The experience was beyond what I expected. Though it had always looked like fun to me – and it was – this clearly wasn’t only about entertainment. Local transportation possibilities were more evident – and exciting. The ability to travel by electric scooter to nearby locales within a shorter period of time could now change how people move about local areas; impact how local businesses oper- ate; reduce motor vehicle emissions, and influence how a community will accom- modate this increasingly popular mode of transportation.
The ever-increasing use of micromobility - scooters, walking, cycling, jogging, skate- boarding, inline skating and more – and the heightened awareness and need for accessible transportation have increased our efforts to make these proactive means of travel easier, better, and safer. A quick
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look at some of NYMTC’s work in the past year reinforces that fact. Preparations for our next Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) – Moving Forward 2055 – included many workshops and webinars where the public expressed their opinions about transportation trends, priority projects, gaps in safe, multi-use path connections for those who bike, walk, and roll, and more. Our public outreach helped hone in on the mobility needs for human services, healthcare transportation access and transportation for seniors and individu- als with disabilities. Together with a very interested public, we examined different ways to share the space; we discussed the region’s alternative transportation energy sources and charging networks as well as new and emerging technologies for per- sonal mobility and freight. We also had topical forums for the region’s coveted shared curb space and efficient parking for all transportation services.
Outside of our RTP workshops and forums, NYMTC commenced the Palisades Shared Use Path Study to determine the feasibility of making connections along a 20-mile- long path between the George Washington Bridge in Ft. Lee, New Jersey, and the Gov- ernor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in South Nyack, Capital investments for new bus fleets, subway cars, railroad cars and more throughout the NYMTC planning area were added to our Transportation Improvement Program. Some substantial projects were also approved, including a new Port Authority Bus Terminal and the
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