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City looks to expand access for cyclists, pedestrians
Officials announced Thursday that Alta Planning+Design of Saratoga Springs will be conducting a $60,000 study to develop a bicycle, pedestrian, and transit plan for the city.
Spa City to improve walkability
The city is taking steps to improve conditions to walk, bike or travel around via alternative transportation. Those efforts have been recognized with some national attention.
The city, on 2 wheels
BikeShare Week offers tours, provides free rides to the public.
Grant will end Spa bike trail
State provides $100,000 infusion
Council endorses initiative for Route 50-North bikeway
The City Council on Tuesday endorsed city Supervisor Matthew Veitch's initiative to have the state make improvements to Route 50-North, including a separate walking and bicycle path along the busy arterial.
Safe route to school for Spa bicyclists
Families with students at Geyser Elementary School will be able to walk or ride bikes to school starting next spring.
CDTA unveils bike-share program in four cities
Local officials gathered in the rain Thursday morning in Washington Park to formally kick off CDPHP Cycle!, a new initiative that will allow people in Albany, Schenectady, Troy and Saratoga Springs to rent bicycles from any of 41 stations as what the…
Walking, biking, to Spa park studied
A new study of the Route 50 corridor near the Saratoga Spa State Park recommends $1.5 million in improvements to pedestrian and bicycle access to the park and nearby city trails.
Trailways Alters Route Of Buses for Saratoga
Adirondack Trailways has rerouted its buses from Hamilton Street to Broadway, in response to a warning by the public safety department that the use of Hamilton Street is illegal.
Greyhound buses moving to train station off West Ave.
The logic, Greyhound Lines Inc. said, is that the CDTA, which owns the train station, uses it as a hub for city buses. The new location will make transfers between Greyhound and CDTA buses easier.
NYC bus company adds Saratoga run
A bus line that is expanding its expres service to Saratoga Springs will pick up passengers at 6:30 a.m. in front of Congress Park at the tourist booth on Broadway, and leave from New York at 8 p.m. for a return trip each day. A ticket will cost…
Bus route from NYC to Spa City cancelled
The bus route planned to travel between Saratoga Springs and New York City has been cancelled, according to an announcement on the company's website.
CDTA plans meetings to discuss bus routes
A new route system would be designed based on ridership data and the changes in development patterns since the last restructuring, as well as on public input.
New bus route will aid track workers on dark days
A new bus route that should help senior citizens and track workers get around the Saratoga Springs area debuted last week, to the praise of city officials and advocate groups.
CDTA unveils new routes
New routes, increased frequency and reduced travel time are highlights of a revamped public transportation system officials unveiled Tuesday.
Touring on the Trolley
Hour of Saratoga sightseeing only costs $1 and is popular with the tourists
Saratoga is closer to pay-to-park plan
Five national companies Wednesday proposed installing and managing the first paid parking in the city since it was removed in the 1970s.
Stimulus going to new parking lots
A pair of parking lots will be made more eco-friendly thanks to nearly $600,000 in stimulus money. This will include installing porous pavement and a natural catch basin.
Pay to park sparks outcry in Saratoga
Instituting paid parking during a severe recession in this successful but seasonal downtown wil leither remake or destroy it, depending on who you ask. Some fear businesses will be harmed.
Spa City weighs parking meters
The plan would generate income but many local businesses are concerned.
In court case, it's sunlight vs. parking
Parking garage proposal halted; The Mouzon House which as solar collectors on its room would find itself in the shadows of the 5-story parking garage.
Parking to stay free in Spa City
A week after an advisory committee administered the last rites to the city's paid parking plan, the proposal was declared dead by the city council.
Work starts on Spring Run Trail
A multi-use path to connect Northway and Congress Park
Housing Development Wins OK
The application of William H. Moran, local real estate dealer, before the Planning Board, for approval of a project for housing development along the east side of the Recreation Field, between Lake Ave. and Caroline St., apparently has been settled…
Planning Unit Urges Low-Rent W. Side Housing
Additional safe and sanitary housing of a low-rent character is 'necessary and desirable,' according to the Saratoga Springs Planning Board which, at a recent meeting proposed a second, 75 apartment project on the west side of Broadway, preferably in…
Better Housing Demanded of Council
The Saratoga Springs City Council last night was confronted for the first time by a group demanding that the council live up to its responsibility to Negros and poor people by providing better housing.
Big Families Hunt Decent Housing in Vain
Too many people are living in cramped conditions; post urban renewal, low-rent housing will be useful to meet relocation needs for low-income families.
66 Apartments Units Planned
Plans for the construction of 66 garden-type apartments were accepted by the Planning Board
Geyser Crest plan OK subject to new rec area
The Saratoga Springs Planning Board approved a 65-home development in Geyser Crest subject to Clifford Kolakowski, developer, increasing the size of a recreational area to meet new subdivision requirements.
Council nixed UDC housing plan
The City Council has refused an offer from the state Urban Development Corporation (UDC) to build a $3 million, 150-unit low- and middle-income housing project on Crescent Street, a project which would have cost the city only about $48,000.
City's poor live 'horror story existence
A total of 468 city households, including 1,189 men, women and children, depend on food stamps to supplement their income.
Home to provide group living for elderly
The 1980 Census showed more than 14,000 people age 65 or older in Saratoga County. Home services can be costly and so group housing might become a possibility.
No place to go: The homeless of Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs might not be as large as some major cities but there is still a large homeless population.
Out in the cold: Lack of low-cost housing keeps people on streets
In Saratoga Springs, the Queen of the Spas, a lack of low-income housing and no emergency shelters force people on to the streets.
Officials: Low-income city housing necessary
City Council members said they were not against low-income housing in the city.
Housing study: Low-income residents priced out of Saratoga Springs market
The number of low-income people in Saratoga Springs has dropped because they are being priced out of the housing market.
West side to get group home
6 people to move into a group home; some neighbors welcome to the idea, some not