Nassau Hub CAC
Transit Recomendations

Map of Proposed Transportation Routes for Central Nassau County

Recommendation 1:
Expanded Geographic Scope of the MIS
The Nassau Hub Citizens Advisory Committee recommends that the geographic scope of the MIS be expanded beyond the 3 square mile area now called the Hub. We recommend that the study not regard the Hub as an economic island apart from the economies of the rest of Nassau and Long Island, instead we urge analysis of the traffic congestion problems and potential transit solutions to be applied to all of Nassau.

For Recommendations 2 through 7
The Nassau Hub Citizens Advisory Committee recommends that the MIS analyze the increased mobility for County residents and the reduced traffic congestion to be achieved...
Recommendation 2:
Expanded Bus Service
...by expanding the bus services provided in Nassau County. Expansion should include new routes, re-evaluation of discontinued routes, more direct routes, modification of routes to better connect people to places of employment, more frequent service on existing routes, service later into the night, service earlier in the morning, improved operational efficiencies, and increased use of transit and communications technologies.
Recommendation 3:
Light Rail scenario
...by constructing a street-level light rail train/transit system for Nassau.
Recommendation 4:
Street Car or Trolley Car scenario
...by constructing a street-level trolley car system for Nassau.
Recommendation 5:
Automated Guideway Transit scenario
...by constructing an automated and elevated guideway rapid transit system including: personal rapid transit (PRT) and monorails for Nassau.
Recommendation 6:
Options under consideration or in use elsewhere
...by implementing the one of the transit technologies, or a combination of more than one of the transit technologies, either in use or under consideration for use in Miami, Florida; Los Vegas, Nevada; San Diego, California; Denver, Colorado; Portland, Oregon; Baltimore, Maryland; Morgantown, West Virginia; Bergen County NJ; Columbus Ohio; and the JFK airport.
Recommendation 7:
Comprehensive, Coordinated, & Integrated solutions
...by better coordinating and integrating existing transit services or by coordinating and integrating existing transit services with any proposed new transit system creating a comprehensive solution. Examples of services that might be added to enhance coordination include jitney--station access buses, increase reverse LIRR service, park and rides, bike routes, and demand-based systems.
Recommendation 8:
Transit Attributes
The Nassau Hub Citizens Advisory Committee recommends that the MIS analyze the increased mobility for County residents and the reduced traffic congestion to be achieved by constructing a new transit system that satisfies most or all of the following criteria, or manifests the following attributes:

• is environmentally friendly;
• can get people to work and serve commuters; provides frequent runs with short waits;
• is user friendly, is convenient, safe, clean, and easy to use;
• operates in close proximity to its environment, not requiring a large right-of-way or extensive clearing;
• is all-weather-capable;
• is attractive, unobtrusive to the community;
• is quiet, for both riders and surrounding communities;
• is affordable for riders;
• provides a reasonably speedy alternative to autos;
• is accessible to neighborhoods, by foot or bike;
• and is coordinated with existing rail, bus, and auto systems.

Nassau Hub CAC
Land Use Recomendations

Resolution:

BE IT RESOLVED, that the undersigned citizen organizations and Town residents hereby call upon the Town of Hempstead to adopt a policy instituting a moratorium on all variances, special use permits, and changes in zone for all proposed structures and improvements involving 20,000 square feet or more in the unincorporated portion of area defined as the Nassau Hub (border by Old Country Road to the north, Hempstead Turnpike to the south, Eisenhower Park to the East, and Clinton Road to the West); and further,

BE IT RESOLVED, that said moratorium shall remain in place until the town initiates and completes a community visioning process where members of the community are invited to engage in an intensive review of the needs of the Town and the interdependent nature of the economies and quality of life interests of the communities that comprise or are neighboring the Hub, the locations in the Town which are available for development or redevelopment, and the full range of options for the types and designs of possible development; and further,

BE IT RESOLVED, that said community visioning process, after considering all possibilities and working closely with the federally funded Major Investment Study (MIS) planned for the Nassau Hub area, and shall identify solutions to the Town's increasing traffic congestion problem; and further.

BE IT RESOLVED, that said community visioning process, shall weigh the region's need for economic growth with the need for environmental protection and shall develop smart growth principles that are applicable to the Town, methods for improving the availability of legal, affordable housing, and ways to revitalize downtowns.

Adopted unanimously by the Development Sub-Committee February 23rd, 2000, and adopted unanimously by the full Nassau HUB Citizens Advisory Committee, at the April 26th, 2000 meeting.

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