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‘Blue Highway’ Blues: A Maritime Freight Pier is Coming to Downtown Heliport … By 2029

It's progress, but does it really take five years to build a barge — especially one that's been in talks for five years already?

November 14, 2023

City Traffic Helps Make Bus Service Unbearable, Expensive And Difficult To Improve

Bus riders didn't win the same kind of improvements as subway riders. And here's why.

November 14, 2023

Key Upper West Side Pol Gale Brewer Comes Out Against E-Bike Registration Bill

The dean of Manhattan's political establishment is the latest elected official to distance herself from a bill that would require registration for every e-bike in the city.

November 13, 2023

Monday’s Headlines: Assignment Desk Edition

It's a new week and there will be lots of crucial events, so let us help you set your calendar. Plus other news.

November 13, 2023

Want More Rapid Bus Transit? Build Real Bus Rapid Transit

Johannesburg, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Bogotá and even Cleveland can do it, so why can’t New York?

November 13, 2023

‘Death Waiting to Happen’: North Brooklynites Call for Safer Morgan Ave

The avenue is a key, but deadly, link in north Brooklyn.

November 12, 2023

Livingston Street ‘Protected’ Busway Launches Tuesday Outside Transit Offices in Brooklyn

MTA New York City Transit President Richard Davey urged transit workers to "follow the rules" ahead of the city's transformation of the downtown Brooklyn strip to a one-way busway.

November 10, 2023

Amazon Stops Selling Illegal Batteries After City Cease-and-Desist Letter

Following a cease-and-desist letter from the city, Amazon, at least, has partially reformed its illegal ways.

November 10, 2023