Class of 2017 Transportation Workshop November 28, 2018 History/Overview Transportation

The movement of people and goods in a safe, reliable, efficient manner Impacts - Anthropology Impacts - Geography 1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano Sailed Passed “The Island that Pays Tribute” 1609 – Henry Hudson Searches for Northwest Passage 1600s – Dutch Settlers , Western LI English Settlers , North Shore LI 1692 - Whaling Stations Established by Thomas Jones, Cold Spring Harbor, Sag Harbor 1796 – Montauk Lighthouse 1st in State, 4th in Nation 1834 – LIRR to Greenport 1836 – LIRR to Carle Place 1837 – LIRR to Hicksville Valentine Hicks, LIRR President 1850s-1870s – Population Shifts from shores to stations 1883 – Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Steamboat Company Founded by P.T. Barnum 1883 – Brooklyn Bridge 1889 – LIRR Locust Valley Branch extended to Oyster Bay 1890 – Huntington Railroad 1901- Creates First Vehicle Registration Fees funding sources – turnpikes (Jericho, Hempstead) 1908 – Motor Parkway 1st Limited Access Highway in United States 1910 – Tunnel Access to Penn Station Opens September 23, 1911 – Aviation First Air Mail Service – Garden City to Mineola 1920-30s – WPA Program Long Island Parkway System April 3, 1926 – New York Electric Railway Ends Service Jamaica – Hempstead Line 1927 - Charles Lindberg Transatlantic Flight from Roosevelt Field 1929 – “Objectors Bend” 1941-1945 - World War II 1950s – LIRR Ridership Declines – “Toonerville Trolley” Auto Travel Increases – Federal Interstate Highway System 1953 – Suffolk Bus established to provide transit service in the Town of Islip 1960 - MacArthur Airport Begins Commercial Flights 1962 - Grumman Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) Program 1965 – Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority Created 1968 – Robert Moses Plan Defeated 1973 – Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority Created 1974 – Begins Service 1977 – Jones Beach Bicycle Path 1988-91 – End of Cold War Downsizes Defense Industry 1991 – Construction Begins on Long Island Expressway HOV lanes 1995 – “Howard Stern” Night-time Highway Construction Bill Signed 1996 – TWA Flight 800 Crash 2006-2008 – Alternative Transportation Funding Proposals 2006 – LIE Toll Proposal 2008 – Congestion Pricing 2009 – ARRA Funding 2011 – MTA Tax Repeal 2011 – Brookhaven Rail Terminal 2012 – Superstorm Sandy 2015 – LIRR Double Track 2018 – LIRR Third Track Today’s Technologies Future – New Technologies Marc Herbst Executive Director