Mass Transit:

General

• Incorporate school bus system with the public bus system and teach children to use the mass transit system.
• Make mass transit travel times competitive with auto travel times.
• Give incentives to get people to use mass transit.
• Build a high speed transit system with limited stops.

  Long Island Rail Road

• The LIRR should run more off-peak trains.
• The LIRR should provide more intra-island service.
• Railroad and bus schedules should be coordinated.
• Re-open closed LIRR stations (e.g., Center Moriches).
• Improve bus connections to the LIRR stations.
• Reduce parking spaces at the LIRR stations to encourage alternative modes of travel.
• The LIRR should operate single-car "scoot" service during the midday to accommodate intra-island travel.
• The clearance height in Penn Station cannot accommodate freight trains.
• Free railroad and bus trips should be offered to encourage transit use.
• The LIRR should improve the customer information system (e.g., information about service delays).
• Improve security at the LIRR stations.
• Make train trips more comfortable (e.g., temperature, seating).
• Maintain reasonable transit fares.
• Improve comfort level on platforms (e.g., shelters, canopies, seating).
• Provide more frequent service to the east end of Long Island.
• Offer bicycle cars on weekend trains during warm weather months.
• Install high level platforms on "East End" stations.
• Provide north/south connections.
• Increase rail capacity on the LIRR (e.g., install switches to allow express trains).

Long Island Bus

• LI Bus should investigate the use of electric buses.
• Better information about bus service is needed (e.g., schedules, routes).
• Bus schedules and route maps should be posted at all bus stops.
• Information regarding local bus routes should be provided to each town or neighborhood.

Roadway

• Improve highway signage. Upcoming exits should be listed in advance of the location.
• Build roadways parallel to existing highways to ease congestion (e.g., parallel to the Southern State Parkway).
• Educate the trucking industry to provide better travel information to truck drivers (e.g., maps, specific directions, destination address).
• Improve street signage (e.g., use larger street-name signs).
• Improve roadway accident response times.
• Designate roadside pull-off areas to minimize traffic congestion after accidents.
• Require push bumpers on police cars to facilitate quick removal of accident vehicles from the roadway.
• The proposed lane width, under the bridges, in the HOV project may be too narrow and causes additional congestion.
• Prohibit school buses from the Parkways and Expressways.

General

• New York State should encourage large employers to relocate on Long Island.
• Promote the use of smaller cars for local travel.
• Require responsive taxi service.
• Install people movers at node points (e.g., airports, shopping centers) that can accommodate persons with packages. This would facilitate peripheral parking lots.
• Increase parking at node points.
• Build a privately financed bridge or tunnel from Sunken Meadow Park to Connecticut (Norwalk).
• Install and maintain sidewalks to promote pedestrian activities.
• Encourage business-owned vanpool services.
• Promote a program that encourages odd/even driving days.
• Require the consideration of zoning and transit compatibility issues for all new land use developments.