How the Baltimore Red Line Could Rise Again
Today on the Network, Gerald Neily at Baltimore InnerSpace has the back story on the ill-fated Red Line, the rail project axed by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan.
September 8, 2015
CB 12: Proposed Building on Top of 1 Train Is Too Big, Needs More Parking
Community Board 12 members voted against a proposal for a new apartment building in Washington Heights, to be built on top of the 1 train, in part because they want the developers to build more parking, according to DNAinfo coverage of the Wednesday meeting.
September 4, 2015
How Baltimore Could Improve Rail After Larry Hogan’s Red Line Debacle
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan killed Baltimore’s long-awaited Red Line so he could build a highway to the beach, but sitting on the shelf is another plan to augment rail service in the city.
September 4, 2015
While Drivers Kill People in Crosswalks, 19th Precinct Cracks Down on Bikes
The first New York City pedestrian fatality of 2015 occurred in the 19th Precinct, on the Upper East Side, when Uber driver Aliou Diallo ran over Wesley Mensing and Erin Sauchelli at E. 62nd Street and Lexington Avenue.
September 3, 2015
The Public Funds Sports Teams, But Teams Won’t Fund Transit to Games
Professional sports stadiums put a strain on transportation networks. While good transit service to games can lessen the traffic burden and help everyone get to sports venues more easily, this often imposes additional costs on transit agencies. Despite all the public subsidies pro sports teams receive, they rarely help pay for this service.
September 3, 2015
DA Ken Thompson: Charges for Punching Driver, No Charges for Killing Child
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson is prosecuting the man accused of punching the driver who killed 8-year-old Jadann Williams in Flatbush, but Thompson filed no charges against the driver.
September 2, 2015
Raise Your Kids in the Car, Says Stupefyingly Awful Web Site
Want to talk to your kids? Stick them in the car.
September 2, 2015
James Oddo Calls for Wider Roads Hours After SI Traffic Violence Claims Life
A UPS worker who lost a leg when a Staten Island driver slammed into him in April has died. NYPD and Staten Island prosecutors issued no summonses and filed no criminal charges in the case.
September 1, 2015
DOT: Drivers Injured 1,305 Pedestrians and Cyclists in July, and Killed Six
Editors' note: Beginning with July, we are basing our monthly fatality and injury data posts on DOT's compilation of crash data instead of NYPD's. DOT data gives a more complete picture of citywide injuries, though accounting of fatalities may be delayed in cases where the victim died days or weeks after the crash. Known discrepancies will be noted.
September 1, 2015
Biking the Last Mile in Suburban Copenhagen
Tooling around on Google, Dan Malouff at Greater Greater Washington stumbled on the above image from suburban Copenhagen.
September 1, 2015