{"product_id":"politics-across-the-hudson-the-tappan-zee-megaproject-paperback-softback-9780813572505","title":"Politics Across the Hudson; The Tappan Zee Megaproject (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813572505","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolitics Across the Hudson\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Tappan Zee Megaproject\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Mark Plotch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813572505\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 June 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages, 7 maps, 4 diagrams, 18 photos\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Philip Plotch combines a terrific story with a relentless search for evidence and doses of humor to give us a first-rate portrayal of the political process at work. He recounts the efforts over several decades to replace the aging Tappan Zee Bridge. Through three decades of struggle and failed plans, three governors-George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer, and David Paterson-kept the project alive though often on a 'death watch.' Plotch reveals how Governor Andrew Cuomo picked up the torch, manipulated the facts where he thought it necessary, and overcame many obstacles to begin construction.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e - Jameson W. Doig (author of Empire on the Hudson) \u003cdiv\u003e\"We spend years in traffic yet know little of the brew of politics, bureaucracy, interests, and ideals keeping us there. Planner and political scientist Plotch examines this principle through one transportation planning debacle: the three-decade struggle to refurbish or replace the Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River north of New York City ... Anyone concerned about the place of large infrastructure projects in the modern U.S. should consider this sobering case study.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Publisher's Weekly) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Plotch has tremendous insight into the challenges of building extraordinarily complex projects in difficult political and fiscal climates. His professional experience and probing questions have enabled him to help explain Planet Albany-a place where thought defies gravity.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - David A. Paterson (Governor of New York, 2008-2010) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Philip Plotch's political history about the replacement of New York's Tappan Zee Bridge should be on the bookshelf of planners and other practicioners, elected officials, community members, and students engaged in or entering megaproject and urban politics debates ... Plotch skillfully tells the painful story of this bridge's evolution through a three-decade saga of conflict between elected officials, engineers, planners, environmentalists, and others who held divergent views about addressing traffic congestion in the corridor. The book is carefully researched and benefits from Plotch's extensive collection of primary materials and interviews with more than 100 key actors, including governors and influential members of the public and advocacy organizations...At times, I felt witness to interviews and his discoveries in real time…At its foundation, this book is a guide to what not to do in megaproject development. …Thus, Politics Across the Hudson provides an accessible and useful primer on what one can expect to surface and evolve potentially during a megaproject's long, winding path in deference to the phrase “expect the unexpected.”\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of the American Planning Association) \u003cdiv\u003e“The Tappan Zee Bridge has been a symbol of infrastructure inaction in the U.S. over the last several decades – until now! New York State's Governor Cuomo has found the way to overcome the bickering among the many stakeholders and actually get to construction of the much needed replacement for this obsolescent and heavily used structure. How he did it, and how decades of issues stood in the way, are well told by Dr. Philip Plotch. This is a treatise for policy makers, planners, engineers, community leaders. Plotch has brought to light the genius in how to get big things done. It should go on your shelf next to your copy of Caro.” \u003c\/div\u003e - Robert E. Paaswell (Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering (City College of New York) and Director Emeritus) \u003cdiv\u003e“Even with my lifelong interest in traffic congestion, I had much to learn from \u003ci\u003ePolitics Across the Hudson\u003c\/i\u003e. What resonated most with me is the extremely lengthy process of conflicting viewpoints among the many agencies involved in our transportation systems. Nothing gets done fast.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Anthony Downs (author of Stuck in Traffic) \u003cdiv\u003e“Plotch’s analytical skills are top-notch and his writing is incisive and succinct. He writes with a historian's attention to detail, a political scientist's interest in theory, and a public policy scholar's fascination with how the sausage is actually made.” \u003c\/div\u003e - Jeffrey Smith (assistant professor of Politics and Advocacy, The New School, New York) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Governor David Patterson held about 6 meetings a month. That's according to Professor Philip Plotch who recently published a book, \u003ci\u003ePolitics across the Hudson\u003c\/i\u003e, about the Tappan Zee Bridge and the construction.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Stephen Nesson (WNYC) \u003cdiv\u003e\"The resulting \u003ci\u003ePolitics Across the Hudson: The Tappan Zee Megaproject\u003c\/i\u003e is a short, compelling account of how good politics rarely translates into good public policy. Its 191 pages make for easy reading and its 41 pages of footnotes and bibliography, for authoritative telling\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Times Herald) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Plotch, a former planning official with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., writes with depth and wit about engineering, bureaucracy and politics\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Times Union) \u003cdiv\u003e\"On list of books for Political Junkies on Your Christmas List\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Newsmax) \u003cdiv\u003eWinner of the prestigious American Planning Association journalism award for its “in-depth research, hard hitting analysis and compelling look at the politics behind New York's first major new bridge in more than 50 years.”\u003c\/div\u003e (American Planning Association) \u003cdiv\u003e“Using original documents and conducting numerous interviews with key players, the author went a long distance to unravel this complex process. In so doing, he managed to eloquently, and in great detail, trace the project’s political, planning and bureaucratic evolution.”\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Planning Literature) \u003cdiv\u003ePhilip Plotch gives a brief history and sums up the future of the Tapen Zee Bridge project in \u003cb\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PltWbA1aBhI\"' target='\"_blank\"'\u003ethis short video\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(http:\/\/youtu.be\/PltWbA1aBhI)\u003c\/div\u003e - for WNYC \u003cdiv\u003e“a wonderful book about this infrastructure megaproject\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of the American Planning Association) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.lohud.com\/story\/opinion\/contributors\/2018\/06\/04\/andrew-cuomo-grabbed-longtime-tappan-zee-bridge-plan-his-own\/664325002\/\"'\u003e\"How the governor latched onto decades of planning to achieve his new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge\" by Philip Mark Plotch\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Westchester Journal News) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/opinion\/ny-oped-cuomo-astride-our-infrastructure-20180914-story.html\"'\u003e\"Cuomo astride our infrastructure: He got the Second Ave. Subway and new Tappan Zee over the finish line, but how?\" op-ed by Philip Plotch\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New York Daily News) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/02\/19\/why-cant-we-build-anything\/\"'\u003e\"Why can't we build anything? Plus Lawyers (!), SoftBank pressures and more Amazon HQ2\" by Danny Crichton and Arman Tabatabai\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (TechCrunch) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.lohud.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/2019\/02\/20\/mario-m-cuomo-bridge-truck-traffic-surges-gw-bridge\/2793988002\/\"'\u003e\"Truck traffic surges on Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, drops at George Washington Bridge\" by Thomas C. Zambito and Frank Esposito \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (LoHud.com) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.lohud.com\/story\/news\/local\/tappan-zee-bridge\/2019\/02\/20\/tappan-zee-bridge-tolls-dewey\/2914660002\/\"'\u003e\"How Gov. Thomas Dewey engineered Tappan Zee Bridge toll money to edge out Port Authority\" by Thomas C. Zambito\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (LoHud.com) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Plotch’s Politics Across the Hudson makes abundantly clear, understanding how infrastructure declines and deteriorates is enormously important.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Planning Literature) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/01\/saint-peters-resident-transportation-expert-appears-on-one-on-one-with-steve-adubato\/\"'\u003e\"Saint Peter’s Resident Transportation Expert Appears on One-on-One with Steve Adubato\"\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/01\/saint-peters-resident-transportation-expert-appears-on-one-on-one-with-steve-adubato\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (One-on-One with Steve Adubato)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2015 American Planning Association New York Metro Chapter Journalism Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The State of New York built one of the world’s longest, widest, and most expensive bridges-the new Tappan Zee Bridge-stretching more than three miles across the Hudson River, approximately thirteen miles north of New York City. In \u003ci\u003ePolitics Across the Hudson\u003c\/i\u003e, urban planner Philip Plotch offers a behind-the-scenes look at three decades of contentious planning and politics centered around this bridge, recently renamed for Governor Mario M. Cuomo, the state's governor from 1983 to 1994. He reveals valuable lessons for those trying to tackle complex public policies while also confirming our worst fears about government dysfunction.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDrawing on his extensive experience planning megaprojects, interviews with more than a hundred key figures-including governors, agency heads, engineers, civic advocates, and business leaders-and extraordinary access to internal government records, Plotch tells a compelling story of high-stakes battles between powerful players in the public, private, and civic sectors. He reveals how state officials abandoned viable options, squandered hundreds of millions of dollars, forfeited more than three billion dollars in federal funds, and missed out on important opportunities. Faced with the public’s unrealistic expectations, no one could identify a practical solution to a vexing problem, a dilemma that led three governors to study various alternatives rather than disappoint key constituencies. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis revised and updated edition includes a new epilogue and more photographs, and continues where Robert Caro’s \u003ci\u003eThe Power Broker \u003c\/i\u003eleft off and illuminates the power struggles involved in building New York’s first major new bridge since the Robert Moses era. Plotch describes how one governor, Andrew Cuomo, shrewdly overcame the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of onerous environmental regulations, vehement community opposition, insufficient funding, interagency battles, and overly optimistic expectations...\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eList of Tables\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eGuides to This Book\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1   The I-287 Corridor: From Conception to Congestion\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2   Searching for Congestion Solutions (1980–\u003cbr\u003e1988)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3   Finalizing Plans for the HOV Lane (1988–\u003cbr\u003e1995)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4    Killing the HOV Lane (1994–\u003cbr\u003e1997)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5   Permut’\u003cbr\u003es Rail Line and Platt’\u003cbr\u003es Bridge\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6   Pataki’\u003cbr\u003es Task Force: Raising Expectations Sky High (1998–\u003cbr\u003e2000)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7   The Thruway Authority versus Metro-North (2000–\u003cbr\u003e2006)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8   Eliot Spitzer Doesn’\u003cbr\u003et Have Enough Steam (2007–\u003cbr\u003e2008)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9   David Paterson: The Overwhelmed Governor (2008–\u003cbr\u003e2010)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10   Andrew Cuomo Takes Charge in 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11   Public Reaction and Cuomo’\u003cbr\u003es Campaign (2011–\u003cbr\u003e2012)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12   Lost Opportunities and Wasted Resources\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eConclusion\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBibliography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559352725784,"sku":"9780813572505","price":22.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/politics-across-the-hudson-the-tappan-zee-megaproject-paperback-softback-9780813572505","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}