Comments on: Upstate Assembly reps kill City-endorsed BRT measures

By: Bus cam legislation clears Gantt’s transportation committee :: Second Ave. Sagas

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:08:16 +0000

[...] as Ben Fried notes, considering how David Gantt, chair of the transportation committee, has killed similar measures in committee before, it appears as though Sheldon Silver is finally willing to allow the Assembly to pass this [...]

By: City Council sends Albany a home-rule message on bus lane enforcement :: Second Ave. Sagas

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:10:45 +0000

[...] The City Council has sent a home-rule bill to Albany requesting permission to implement camera enforcement measures in the city’s new bus lanes. While the State Senate has approved such a measure, the New York Assembly has yet to pick up the issue. If this sounds familiar, well, it’s because history is repeating itself. The bill, which passed by a 46-4 vote, will once again have to clear Sheldon Silver Assembly, and the last time a bus measure bill got this far, David Gantt killed it. [...]

By: An anti-everything Assembly rep slams the MTA :: Second Ave. Sagas

An anti-everything Assembly rep slams the MTA :: Second Ave. Sagas — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:39:05 +0000

[...] open transit wounds, she also voted against bus-lane camera enforcement when David Gantt and Co. killed that measure two months after the congestion pricing vote. To make matters even worse, the Daily News [...]

By: Testing bus lane cameras but not for enforcement yet :: Second Ave. Sagas

Testing bus lane cameras but not for enforcement yet :: Second Ave. Sagas — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:11:53 +0000

[...] roadblocks at every turn. In 2008, David Gantt, an Assembly representative from Rochester, killed a home rule-endorsed camera-enforcement measure over what he said were civil liberties concerns. This year, the Assembly has, for now, removed a [...]

By: Walder reiterates need for bus lane enforcement :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:01:42 +0000

[...] the city has not yet implemented bus lane cameras. Back in 2008, David Gantt, a Rochester Democrat, torpedoed a home rule measure that would have allowed the city to use cameras to enforce the bus lanes. Since then, however, the [...]

By: MoCNY to host BRT panel :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog

MoCNY to host BRT panel :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:00:28 +0000

[...] advocates in New York over the last few years. While David Gantt and the state legislature denied New York a home rule measure that would have led to efficient BRT lane enforcement, Janette Sadik-Kahn’s Department of [...]

By: Where to Intern? U.S. vs Georgia | The Morningside Post

Where to Intern? U.S. vs Georgia | The Morningside Post — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:38:49 +0000

[...] New York State’s shooting down of both New York City’s proposed congestion pricing and bus rapid transit and what seems to be a similar difficulty in changing the status quo here in Georgia (I hope to be [...]

By: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog » Blog Archive » BRT and a third Bloomberg term

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:34:21 +0000

[...] hasn’t all been wine and roses though for Select Bus Service. When David Gantt killed a potential home-rule BRT enforcement measure, the MTA and DOT had start from scratch and figure out how to initiate effective lane enforcement. [...]

By: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog » Blog Archive » BRT draws raves, but new lines are delayed

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:43:41 +0000

[...] Everyone loves the new Select Bus Service lanes in effect in the Bronx, reports The Times’ William Neuman. So hopefully, New York City Transit will begin a quick roll-out of these lanes, right? Well, not so fast. Due mainly to bus supply problems and some logistical issues, we’re going to be waiting at least 18-24 months until the Manhattan routes debut. At least this delay gives the MTA plenty of time to get the BRT plans right and to straighten out the enforcement issues. [...]

By: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog » Blog Archive » NYT: Gantt a problem for sensible transit solutions

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:22:51 +0000

[...] when, last month, David Gantt singlehandedly squashed any effective BRT-lane enforcement measures? Of course you do. Well, so does The New York Times, and today, a full 36 days after Gantt’s [...]