Westchester County And The Going Green Revolution

Westchester County is constantly evolving and working on ways to improve the quality of live for its roughly 1 million residents.  Many of us have had it with traffic on the Hutch, 287, and the Bronx River.  My least favorite is I-287 which seems like it has been under construction forever.  What I am excited about is the planned improvement for this major roadway, set to be completed in the next couple of years.  There will be a high speed bus lane and improved ease of exit into White Plains.  Plans for the "new" Tappan Zee bridge are currently being discussed and one idea is a rapid transit bus system in the center lane, how cool will that be?  Other proposals for the bridge include an increase form the current seven lanes to eight (four in each direction) and a commuter rail line that will link from Rockland County to the Tarrytown train station.  All of these efforts will improve traffic on I-287 because there will be other options for thos getting to work.  The bridge was originally opened in 1955 and designed to carry 100,000 v ehicles a day, currently there are 135,000 a day!  All we can do is hope for the best and be happy that a plan is in motion, we don't have control so going with the flow seems like the best option.

Another exciting thing Westchester is going to do is change the Beeline bus fleet to hybrid by 2014.  This makes total sense and will be a great step for the Westchester Green Movement.