New York State Department of Transportation
government agency in New York, United States
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is the department of the New York state government responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in the U.S. state of New York.
Transportation infrastructure
New York's transportation network includes:
A state and local highway system, encompassing over 110,000 miles (177,000 km) of highway and 17,000 bridges.
A 5,000-mile (8,000 km) rail network, carrying over 42 million short tons (38 million metric tons) of equipment, raw materials, manufactured goods, and produce each year.
Over 130 public transit operators, serving over 5.2 million passengers each day.
Twelve major public and private ports, handling more than 110 million short tons (100 million metric tons) of freight annually.
456 public and private aviation facilities, through which more than 31 million people travel each year. It owns two airports, Stewart International Airport near Newburgh, and Republic Airport on Long Island. Stewart is currently leased to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Traffic management
NYS DOT has several Traffic Management Centers (TMC) located throughout the 11 regions in New York State.
Region 1 (Capital Region): The Region 1 TMC or CRTMC (Capital Region Traffic Management Center) is an attachment of the New York State Police Communications Section also known as SP COMSEC, formally located at the State Police Division Headquarters, building 22 on the W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus in Albany, NY. The TMC moved in September 2012 along with SP COMSEC to the new NYSP Troop G Headquarters located in Latham, NY.
Region 1 is also the home to the NYS DOT STICC (Statewide Transportation Information Coordination Center) which is staffed 24/7.
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