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Metro Rail’s newest station is closed while Main Street’s final rebuild runs late
Metro Rail’s DL&W station is closed and trains are single-tracking through downtown while the city’s delayed Cars Sharing Main Street work catches up. A stalled Church Street station rebuild and a 2028…
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NFTA board asked to add nearly $1 million for Metro Rail extension traffic update ahead of 30% design
The NFTA board was asked to add $958,244 to WSP’s contract to update the Amherst-Tonawanda Metro Rail extension’s traffic model, the next engineering step after the FTA’s environmental approval in February.
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The NFTA should tell Buffalo what the Metro Rail extension costs before it spends more planning it
The NFTA keeps adding money to its Metro Rail extension planning contract without telling the public what the line will cost or who will pay for it. Before another amendment, the authority…
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NFTA board set to add $958,000 to Metro Rail extension consultant’s contract
A sixth amendment would pay WSP USA to redo the Amherst extension’s traffic model, lifting its contract to $21.6 million. Construction is still years off, and the local funding hasn’t been identified.
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Mayor Brown is working to co-locate Greyhound at new Amtrak station
Sources close to Mayor Byron Brown tell The Chronicle that he is working to relocate the Greyhound Bus Station on North Division Street and to co-locate it at the City’s new Amtrak Station, which…
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Tea Party wants banking integration at heart of new Canadian trade deal
New York’s leading Tea Party organization, Buffalonians for New Leadership, is calling on President Donald J. Trump to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement, and to replace it with a new…
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Don’t let the NFTA screw up the riverfront
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is considering two alternatives in its planning of an extension of the light rail system to the the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino and the future site of…
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The next Buffalo Billion should be invested in mass transit
Contrary to the prevailing discourse that mass transit is an unending money pit that should be avoided, now is the time we should be aggressively building out our light rail system. It…
