I just had a productive conversation with deputy commissioner Tom Soyk. I am encouraged that more has been done in the recent past, including a 2007 study of a local "bus" system, which seemed prohibitively expensive. Both Soyk and Mayor Thomas Roach seem pretty open to doing things differently and not just building more parking garages. However, it's up to those of us who live downtown in apartments to participate in the public information gathering sessions of Transcenter Task Force to express that and not let the only voices be those of house owners demanding more parking garages. The first public meeting will probably be in February.
By the way, there's a taxi committee, which may consider more flexible policy, including allowing White Plains pedestrians hail a cab. Wow, like the Big Apple.
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