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Yonah’s List: All the Transit Expansion in the United States in 2024

A review of 2024 — plus a look at the light rail, metro, and bus rapid transit projects planned to open in 2025.

January 9, 2025

ESSAY: A Brush With Danger Made Me Exhibit A in My Fight for Better Bike Lanes in Brooklyn

I was cycling home on Henry Street in Brooklyn on Dec. 20 when I became Exhibit A in my campaign for protected bike lanes in Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens.

January 9, 2025

Thursday’s Headlines: ‘You’re Soaking In It’ Edition

Haters gonna hate ... and drivers gonna love congestion pricing. Plus other news.

January 9, 2025

Congestion Pricing: City Needs to Get Real With Plate, Placard Frauds

The Police Department boasted nabbing two would-be toll evaders with obscured plates, but more needs to be done.

January 8, 2025

Wednesday’s Headlines: Welcome to the Panderdome

State lawmakers are already trying to chip away at the already-promising congestion pricing program. Plus other news.

January 8, 2025

Janno Lieber Slams GOP Rep. Lawler’s Anti-MTA ‘Grievance’ Politics, Potty Talk in Opposing Congestion Pricing

"Like many things, it’s hard to do good policy sometimes when you’re surrounded by grievance politics," Lieber said, responding to a congressman who said he needs "an enema."

January 7, 2025

Queensboro Bridge Pedestrians and Cyclists Still Crunched for Space Despite Congestion Pricing Launch

A rundown of the key street design changes Mayor Adams must make to take advantage of congestion pricing.

January 7, 2025

Tuesday’s Headlines: More Congestion Pricing Lies Edition

The Chicken Littles and plutocratic populists at the New York Post continued their flood-the-zone assault on congestion pricing. Plus other news.

January 7, 2025

STOP THE MADNESS: There Was Snow Way To Figure Out on Monday If Congestion Pricing ‘Works’

Give it a week, even a month before you start engaging in arguments with strangers about how congestion pricing is playing out. You'll feel better, promise.

January 6, 2025

Afraid of Crime in the Subway? It’s All in Your Head, NYPD Stats Say

Overall crime in the subway was down 5.4 percent in the subway while it was down only 3 percent in the city overall — one indication that it's safer to be below ground than above.

January 6, 2025