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Op-Ed: The Queens Bus-Network Redesign May Hurt Transit Deserts
The MTA plan would strand Eastern Queens residents and send them back to their cars. But better, cheaper LIRR access could be a game changer.
January 27, 2020
AOC to FAA: No on LGA AirTrain
The Congress member wrote to the FAA blasting the lack of transparency around project, which would reside in her district.
January 13, 2020
Op-Ed: Current LGA AirTrain Route is the Best, Greenest Transit Option
Alternative proposals are fatally flawed, argues the Port Authority executive director.
January 6, 2020
Analysis: Is it Time to Panic Over the City and State’s Congestion Pricing Preparedness? (Yes!)
Is New York City prepared to make congestion pricing work? Or are we totally boned? We're totally boned. Here's why.
December 2, 2019
Op-Ed: Don’t Forget Us, Bike Mayor!
The position should focus on bringing infrastructure to the under-served, outer-borough areas that need it most.
November 29, 2019
Meet Google Pigeon — A New App That Wants You to Help Others Get Around
The app, "which uses crowdsourcing to provide real time transit data" serves all modes of public transportation in New York City, including busses, commuter rail and ferries.
August 28, 2019
Op-Ed: More Questions About Cuomo’s Belmont Boondoggle
More and more advocacy groups are questioning an MTA deal that would construct a new LIRR rail platform near Belmont Park to serve a new arena for the New York Islanders. The latest is Reinvent Albany.
July 22, 2019
Robert Caro Stands By His ‘Power Broker’ Sub-Title — And Here’s Why
In 1974, he underscored his magnum opus as "Robert Moses and the Fall of New York." This week, Caro reiterated that New York has never recovered from the master builder's evil.
April 10, 2019
SUBURBAN REVOLT! Another County Heard from as Senate Dems Protest Congestion Pricing
Why is Andrea Stewart-Cousins allowing the tyranny of suburban drivers over suffering city transit users?
March 1, 2019
Plan for Penn Station Has Everything … Except a Plan
Urban experts, pols and even irate commuters gather to call for someone — Andrew #StatusCuomo, perhaps? — to fix the transit hell.
October 10, 2018
