The ReThink Route 17 Alliance represents workers, families, and individuals in the Catskill region who seek improved and increased transportation choices. We stand for affordable, accessible, reliable and environmentally sustainable transportation choices for our communities. By providing a range of options that enable all residents and visitors to get to work, school and our main streets safely and affordably, we can improve our quality of life and economic opportunity by reducing car dependence and pollution.

Unfortunately, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is proposing to take our region in the opposite direction and increase traffic congestion, making the air we breathe dirtier and wasting taxpayer dollars. NYSDOT is pushing to spend $1.4 billion dollars adding an unnecessary lane to Route 17 between Harriman and Wurtsboro.