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Getting There: Electric vehicle charging stations for Earth Day FacebookTwitterEmail The city of Albany and the Albany Parking Authority have announced several new electric vehicle charging stations.Will Waldron A number of government agencies have announced initiatives intended to make transportation more climate-friendly, timed to coincide with Earth Day last Thursday. New York is making $2.8 million available to help municipalities purchase or lease zero-emission vehicles for fleet use and to install public charging stations. Most of it - $2.5 million - is available for municipalities to install hydrogen filling station components or electric vehicle chargers in locations that maximize public access. The maximum grant amount for a single location is $250,000, and $500,000 for a single municipality. ....
Getting There: Stoplights and stop signs FacebookTwitterEmail The Stewart s Shop at the corner of Henry Johnson Boulevard and Livingston Avenue in Albany. The intersection of Henry Johnson and Livingston is regulated partly by a stop sign at the corner of Northern Boulevard and Colonie Street.John Carl D Annibale Q: I’ve been curious about these two traffic questions for some time: Driving north on Route 9 in Colonie, does the left-turn signal at Maxwell Road have any rationale for its operation? Sometimes the light has a left turn signal and sometimes not. Time of day seems to have little bearing. This one is an open debate between bride and groom at this house. Driving on Northern Boulevard south past the former Livingston School, you bear right to a stop sign and merge with I-90 traffic at Livingston Avenue. After proceeding beyond the stop sign, who must yield as the two lanes merge? ....