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Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Environmental Review

The Tappan Zee Bridge / I-287 Environmental Review is examining ways to meet the mobility needs of the I-287 corridor from Port Chester to Suffern. Jointly sponsored by the New York State Thruway and MTA Metro North, this important study was announced in February of 2001. With input from residents, businesses, local governments and others, this study will complete a comprehensive assessment of the corridor and a careful evaluation of potential alternatives in order to identify the best possible alternative to meet the corridor's transportation needs.

This was a joint meeting with the Tappan Zee section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

Marc Herbst was appointed Project Manager for the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Environmental Review Study in December 2003. Prior to this he served as the Study’s Director of Long Range Corridor Planning.

He is responsible for overseeing the day to day management of the Study for the Authority. This includes working closely with our partner agency, Metro North Railroad and their parent agency the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and various consultants to gather and analyze data and solicit input from the public. Mr. Herbst’s transportation planning expertise is key in understanding the project’s technical aspects, as well as stakeholders’ concerns.

Before joining the Thruway Authority, Mr. Herbst served five successive terms in the New York State Assembly representing part of Nassau County. During his tenure in the state legislature, Mr. Herbst was the ranking member of the Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation. He also served as a member of the Legislative Commission on Critical Transportation Choices and was appointed by Governor George E. Pataki as a member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Capital Review Board. Mr. Herbst, while serving as the New York State Chair of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the nation’s largest bi-partisan legislative organization, sat on its Transportation & Trade Committee.

With over two decades of transportation public policy experience, Mr. Herbst is credited with authorship of the first local transportation management ordinance in the State of New York. This law proved to be a valuable tool in land use planning and travel demand management for the Town of Oyster Bay on Long Island.

Mr. Herbst earned a Masters of Science Degree in Transportation Planning & Engineering from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, NY.

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